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  • October 4, 2009

    Who Cares What Calvin Thought? (The Church, That’s Who)

    Despite their comments earlier in the book, Bradley and Muller acknowledge the difficulty of achieving total objectivity in historical studies, and indeed, affirm the importance of having a sense of involvement in and with the events of history. “Objectivity in historical studies does not, and cannot, exist if it is defined as an absence of involvement with or opinion about the materials.”

    This is more reasonable, even  if out of step with their earlier comments. But what the right hand gives, the left hand takes away. Bradley and Muller go …

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    Categories: Academic Theology | Book Review | Church History | Ecclesial Theology

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