Historical Method Posts

  • September 30, 2009

    The Christian Historian as Christian or Scientist? Bradley and Muller on Historical Method

    In their book, Introduction to Church History, Bradley and Muller argue for a form of methodological agnosticism regarding historical method. For Bradley and Muller, failure to suspend one’s Christian commitments too easily leads to a tainted reading of the data. Thus the “scientific investigation” done by Christian scholars in the seminaries should not be substantively different than the historical method done by secular scholars in the universities.

    To make their point, Bradley and Muller point to Catholic historical reflection prior to the mid-eighteenth century, noting that “it was almost invariably written …

    read more

    Categories: Book Review | Historical Method

    2 Comments