A Little book for new historians : Why and how to study history

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... Full description

Main Author: McKenzie, Robert Tracy.
Published: Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2019
Series: Little Books
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Online Access: Full text - Book opens in Wheelers Books
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Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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