The faithful Christian life requires obedience to one’s calling. But what is the specific nature of that calling, for those who have been called to write, think, and teach about the past? As Jay Green stresses in this thought-provoking book, there is more than one way to answer that question; but there are criteria that may help us discover which of those ways are the best and most fruitful. I predict that Green’s fivefold taxonomy of Christian historiographical models will form an essential part of our discussions of these matters for years to come.
George Marsden
Christian Historiography is an excellent introduction to the state of the arguments regarding the relationship of Christian faith to historical writing. It should be required reading for Christian historians who want to understand how their faith should relate to their vocation. Green offers lucid summaries and gentle critiques of a wide range of approaches.
John Fea
A masterpiece of Christian historiography from one of this generation's most thoughtful historians! Professors at Christian colleges and universities should rush to share Christian Historiography with their history students. Jay Green leaves no stone unturned in his introduction to the way historians of faith understand the past.
Beth Schweiger
In this learned and tremendously useful book, Jay Green describes five recent and remarkably varied approaches to the study of the past by Christian, primarily Protestant evangelical, scholars. In the end, his measured analysis offers an eloquent and passionate defense of the importance of historical reflection. This is the indispensable foundation for a new generation’s questions about faith and history.
Wilfred McClay
The faithful Christian life requires obedience to one’s calling. But what is the specific nature of that calling, for those who have been called to write, think, and teach about the past? As Jay Green stresses in this thought-provoking book, there is more than one way to answer that question; but there are criteria that may help us discover which of those ways are the best and most fruitful. I predict that Green’s fivefold taxonomy of Christian historiographical models will form an essential part of our discussions of these matters for years to come.
