Re-Forming History

Does the discipline of history need a reformation? How should Christian faith shape the ways historians do their work? This book written for students considers the how of doing history. The authors first examine the current liturgies of the historical profession and suggest that the discipline is in crisis. They argue for re-formed Christian practices and methodologies for history. The book asks important questions: why do we do history and for whom? How should faith shape how we do our research and tell stories? What do we owe the dead? How should Christian historians practice dangerous memory? And how can Christian historians do justice love mercy and walk humbly with God? How might we rethink reform renew reimagine and re-practice the study of the past? Christian historians must be sentinels of hope against the worlds forgetfulness the authors argue and this book offers some pathways for rethinking our practices from a Christian perspective.