Redeeming Our Thinking about History
Subtitle: A God-Centered Approach
Publisher: Crossway; Crossway Books
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Wheaton, IL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781433571442
Copyright date: 2022
Subjects: Christianity
Table of contents: title: 1. The importance of history; title: Part one : What we need in order to analyze history : essential resources that God supplies.; title: 2. Experiencing history; title: 3. Foundations for historical analysis; title: 4. Spiritual antithesis : darkness and light; title: 5. Reductionistic historical analysis; title: 6. Understanding people; title: 7. Understanding historical causes; title: 8. Miracles; title: Part two : History in the Bible : how the Bible goes about writing history.; title: 9. Unity in biblical history; title: 10. Diversity in biblical history; title: 11. The uniqueness of the Bible; title: Part three : Understanding God's purposes in history : divine purposes and our limitations in the study of history.; title: 12. God in biblical history; title: 13. Cautions in understanding divine purposes; title: 14. The value of recognizing divine purposes; title: 15. Biblical principles guiding historical understanding; title: 16. Academic historical analysis; title: 17. Pressure toward religious "neutrality"; title: 18. Applying principles from the book of Revelation; title: Part four : What does history writing look like? : Examples of challenges in writing about particular periods.; title: 19. Christianity in the Roman Empire; title: 20. Interpreting the Reformation and beyond; title: 21. Histories of other civilizations; title: Part five : Alternative versions of how to think about history : competing ways of doing history among Christians.; title: 22. Five versions of historiography; title: 23. Evaluating providentialism; title: 24. Other versions of Christian historiography; title: 25. Perspectives on historiography; title: 26. Further reflections on providentialism; title: Appendix : Providence according to Mark Noll