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
Subjects:	HISTORY - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - CHRISTIANITY. HISTORY - STUDY AND TEACHING.
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505			\|a 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?
520			\|a 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
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A Little book for new historians : Why and how to study history

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