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Book SynopsisThis book explores the personal backgrounds, historical methodologies, and academic philosophies of George Marsden, Nathan Hatch, and Mark Noll. It addresses the issues raised by the interaction of personal faith and scholarship, and the subsequent effect this has upon the evangelical community at large and the academic mission of institutions that wish to maintain their Christian distinction. The author shows how these scholars founded the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals, and she demonstrates the significance of their attempts to open evangelical historical scholarship to a wider audience. Readers will get to know the personalities behind these evangelical scholars and will discover the uniqueness of Marsden, Hatch, and Noll as individuals as well as leaders. This is the first book to approach faith and learning from the point of view of these three men. Full of personal interviews and unpublished materials, The Evangelical Historians will appeal to students and schol
Trade ReviewBurch's intentions are clearly laid out in this well-written book...Maxie Burch has done well in presenting such an interesting book, one that intersects the human and contingent in the three men's lives with their considerable body of work. -- Dr. D. W. Bebbrigton, University of Stirling, Scotland * Christian Scholar's Review *
...it is the meticulous exacting standards of historians such as Marsden, Hatch, and Noll which have taught my generation to demand so much. * The Study Group On Christianity and History *
Maxie B. Burch now offers a critical but warmly appreciative study of their historiographical achievement. -- Dr. D. W. Bebbrigton, University of Stirling, Scotland
Maxie B. Burch now offers a critical but warmly appreciative study of their historiographical achievement. -- Dr. D. W. Bebbrigton, University of Stirling, Scotland
Burch's intentions are clearly laid out in this well-written book...Maxie Burch has done well in presenting such an interesting book, one that intersects the human and contingent in the three men's lives with their considerable body of work. -- Dr. D. W. Bebbrigton, University of Stirling, Scotland * Christian Scholar's Review *
