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TitleA Little book for new historians : Why and how to study history
AuthorMcKenzie, Robert Tracy.
Call No907.2 MCK
CollectionNon Fiction
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International Standard Book Number 9780830853465
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 907.2 MCK
Personal Name McKenzie, Robert Tracy.
Title Statement A Little book for new historians : Why and how to study history
Imprint Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2019.
Physical Description 115p.
Series Statement - Title Little Books
Formatted Contents Note Why study history? -- So what is history anyway? -- Our present-tense culture -- Practical rewards -- Transformation -- Discipleship -- How to study history faithfully -- Listening to other historians -- Listening to the dead -- Contributing to the conversation -- Why does it matter? -- What is history and what are its characteristics?
Summary, Etc. Many people think of history as merely "the past"--or at most, information about the past. But the real work of a historian is to listen to the voices of those who have gone before and humbly remember the flesh and blood on the other side of the evidence. What is their story? How does it become part of our own? In A Little Book for New Historians veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie offers a concise, clear, and beautifully written introduction to the study of history. In addition to making a case for the discipline in our pragmatic, "present-tense" culture, McKenzie lays out necessary skills, methods, and attitudes for historians in training. Loaded with concrete examples and insightful principles, this primer shows how the study of history, faithfully pursued, can shape your heart as well as your mind
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term HISTORY - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - CHRISTIANITY.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term HISTORY - STUDY AND TEACHING.