medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I would like to add my support to Catherine's praise of the list owners. I
have found medieval-religion to be an invaluable resource in my own work and
my understanding of other issues and I have enjoyed the exchange of personal
views when they have been informed and civil.
As some of the answers to George's recent caveat noted, the matter of
expressing scholarly versus personal views is an extremely difficult one. It
is currently rending the professions of history and literature (and probably
others) for very large reasons that have to do with tensions in society as
well as in academia. Anyone noddingly familiar with these issues knows there
is no easy answer to what should be "permitted" these days in scholarly
discourse.
But I do think a sine qua non is to try to be civil and truly sympathetic to
other views. There is nothing that short circuits the attempt to understand
and participate in the ongoing dialogue as "flaming". So perhaps we can
start there. Where we will end up, well, that can be an exciting prospect
as well as an irritating one.
jw
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Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [M-R] ADMIN list etiquette (Bk XVIII Q 47 a 3 resp)
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I would just like to express my support for the valuable work done by
George, Ottfried, Pete and the other list moderators. I think it is a
marvellous resource, and a gentle reminder every now and then of its basic
guidelines is no harm.
Best wishes
Catherine
Dr. Catherine Lawless
Department of the History of Art
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Tel: 6082480
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