Based on a conference held at Wheaton College in the spring of 1994. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
In search of the fourth "R": the treatment of religion in American history textbooks and survey courses / Paul Boyer -- Traditional Christianity and the possibility of historical knowledge / Mark A. Noll -- On critical history / Bruce Kuklick -- Advocacy and academe / Murray G. Murphey -- Marxism, Christianity, and bias in the study of southern slave society / Eugene D. Genovese -- Advocacy and the writing of American women's history / Elizabeth Fox-Genovese -- In search of the fourth "R": the treatment of religion in American history textbooks and survey courses / Paul Boyer -- One histoian's Sundays / Leslie Woodcock Tentler. Understanding the past, using the past: reflections on two approaches to history / Grant Wacker -- Transcendentalist's Aristotle: nonevangelical reflections on conviction and the writing of history / Catherine L. Albanese -- Seldon's choice: variations on a theme by Asimov / Paul A. Carter -- One histoian's Sundays / Leslie Woodcock Tentler.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.