medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Part of the problem here is the conceit of the disciples of the
so-called Enlightenment that they, and they alone, are universal,
rational and objective in their outlook.
Frans van Liere wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Marjorie,
>
> There's a good book about this: George Marsden's The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship. (OUP 1997)
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> Frans van Liere
> Department of History, Calvin College
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>>>> Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> 9/20/2009 5:08 PM >>>
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Doctissimi,
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> 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
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> Marjorie Greene
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