medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie,
The argument could be turned on its head & applied to unbelief. I
cannot imagine ruling out anyone's work because of either stance.
Tom Izbicki
Marjorie Greene wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Doctissimi,
>
> I would first like to thank the person who mentioned Margaret Visser's
> Geometry of Love, which I am now happily devouring. I'll head straight
> for Sta Agnese f.l.M. the next time I'm in Rome to see all I missed
> and to see it, I hope, through Visser's eyes.
> Early in her text, she makes the following startling (to me) statement:
> "A friend who is a well-known art historian once told me how, as a
> student, she had been assured by her colleagues that any scholarly
> accomplishment in the area of Christian art was out of the question
> for her because she was a 'believer'".
> Is this a common attitude? It suggests that an historian of anything
> must be some sort of emotional blank slate, with no affective stake in
> or concern with what s/he is writing about. I'm trained in literary
> critical theory and practice. No one ever told me that my work on
> Christian authors would be worthless since I'm a believer. I find the
> notion absurd.
> Any comments?
> MG
>
> Marjorie Greene
> http://medrelart.shutterfly.com/
>
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