History: A Student’s Guide
Overview
Knowledge of the past is integral to understanding the present and looking forward to the future. An appreciation of what came before is indeed foundational to nearly every other field of study. This guide by professor Nathan A. Finn explores the nature of history and historical context, compares different schools of historical interpretation, and addresses contemporary issues related to the intersection of faith and history. This volume will help students critically engage with history in the light of God’s providential care over the past, the present, and the future.
Top Highlights
“The present should not be the criterion for what we find in the past.” (Page 30)
“the Lutheran tradition can help us to apply that worldview to the historian’s vocation.” (Page 76)
“six reasons why the study of history is beneficial, regardless of one’s major or one’s ultimate occupational goals” (Page 86)
“historical interpretation is governed by a ‘dogmatic materialism’ that leaves no place for the divine.” (Page 51)
“also includes the religious and other worldview assumptions from the period under consideration.” (Page 30)
- Title: History: A Student’s Guide
- Author: Nathan A. Finn
- Series: Reclaiming the Christian Intellectual Tradition
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: History › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781433537639, 9781433537660, 9781433537646, 9781433537653, 143353763X, 1433537664, 1433537648, 1433537656
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTSTDNTSGD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:39:21Z