Why are Christian perspectives not welcome in academics? George Marsden analyzes this question in various ways. Marsden has written work arguing individuals like Perry Miller and scholarly work to educate historians on Fundamentalist. The reading, The Outrageous idea of Christian Scholarship, is no different from his past work. Marsden explains “what is it about dominant academic culture that teaches people they must suppress reflection on the intellectual implications of their faith?”.[1] His main goal is to analyze the reasoning academia felt compel to leave faith base materials.
Carpenter, Joel. “American Evangelicalism: George Marsden and the State of American Religious History Ed. by Darren Dochuk Et Al. (Review).” The Catholic Historical Review 102, no. 3 (2016): 639-640.
Marsden, George. “Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Vocation.” Fides Et Historia 44, no. 1 (Winter, 2012): 93-5.
Marsden, George M. The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Oxford Scholarship Online, 2011.
[1] George Marsden, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Oxford Scholarship Online, 2011), 6
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