medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Objectivity is a mythical beast. (_pace_ Thurber)
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From: "Bill East" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [M-R] teaching medieval religion
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> > A number of members of this list are clearly practising Catholics -
> > how
> > difficult is it to achieve objectivity when teaching the development
> > and history of
> > Catholocism?
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> I don't know that I've ever managed to be truly objective; but then,
> looking back on my education, I can think of very few subjects that I
> have been taught by truly objective teachers. Certainly not history;
> all my history teachers have had some definite point of view, whether
> for example Charles I or Cromwell was a Good Thing. Certainly not
> English; my teachers have had decided opinions about whether or not,
> for example, Milton was a great poet. And I don't think this much
> mattered, so long as I was given the space to think the matter through
> for myself and take a different approach if I saw fit. I would try to
> extend the same courtesy to students of religion, without pretending to
> be personally neutral. After all, no person of even moderate
> intelligence would suppose that a Catholic priest would have no
> opinions about religious matters.
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> Bill.
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