Talk:Robert Peel (historian)

message: Hello. I’m new to Wikipedia and a paid employee of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As such, I will be following COI requirements. My user page says a bit more about myself: FirsthandPOV-CCS. I’ve had close contact with Robert Peel’s work for many years and thus bring potentially useful knowledge of his scholarly work, ecumenical activity, and the positions he held for several decades at the headquarters of the Church of Christ, Scientist.  
I appreciate much of the work that has been done on this article, though I do feel that something of Peel’s standing as a scholar is currently missing here. I would welcome the opportunity to participate in the conversation. 
A fuller portrayal of Peel is well conveyed in an article on him by Frederick Newlands Hunter in American National Biography.  Wikipedia often includes fair and thoughtful articles on religious scholars. The article on Robert Peel doesn't seem to meet that standard. For comparison of other similarly situated scholars on Wikipedia, see articles on Leonard Arrington and Richard Bushman in relation to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Rufus Jones (Writer) in relation to the Quaker faith, or Abraham Joshua Heschel in relation to Judaism.  
I’d like to propose in this initial post adding the following to what's in the lead: Peel’s work as an educator and journalist, specifically his work as an editorial writer for the Christian Science Monitor, and later his service as an editorial counselor (rather than editorial consultant) to the church’s Board of Directors as well as to its Committee on Publication. The suggested description of the work of the Committee on Publication traces to Gillian Gill on page 453 rather than page 581, which does not mention the Committee on Publication. I’m also suggesting a quotation from University of Chicago scholar Martin E. Marty concerning Peel’s biography of Mary Baker Eddy. An example of how these paragraphs could read, with brackets around added text, follows:
 
Robert Peel (May 6, 1909 – January 8, 1992) was [an educator, journalist,] historian, and writer on religious and ecumenical topics.[1] A Christian Scientist for over 70 years, [Peel worked for The Christian Science Monitor as an editorial writer and, later, as an editorial counselor to the] Church of Christ, Scientist’s [Board of Directors and] Committee on Publication.[1]  The latter was set up by Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), the religion’s founder, to [correct misstatements in the press about her church and herself].[2]
Peel is best known for his three-volume biography, Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Discovery (1966), [Mary Baker Eddy:] The Years of Trial (1971), and [Mary Baker Eddy:] The Years of Authority (1977). [Summing up Peel’s biographical trilogy in The New York Times Book Review, Martin E. Marty, who was professor and endowed chair of the University of Chicago Divinity School, noted that Peel “has begun to break the barriers between apologists and critics” of Mary Baker Eddy.][3]
 
References[edit]
Note: Included here are only citations for the Introduction. 
1. “Robert Peel,” American National Biography online, by Frederick Newlands Hunter: https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0802361.
2. Gillian Gill, Mary Baker Eddy. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group, p. 453.
3.  Martin E. Marty, New York Times Book Review, March 12, 1978.
FirsthandPOV-CCS (talk) 01:01, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added to the lead that he was a journalist for the Christian Science Monitor and counsellor for the Committee on Publication. I've added "Mary Baker Eddy" to the latter two book titles in the trilogy. I've also added lower down "begun to break the barriers between apologists and critics", according to a New York Times reviewer; there's no byline on it. SarahSV (talk) 02:50, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
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