Monday, February 11, 2013

R&R Article Summary

Citation: Tracy, James D. "Believers, Non-Believers, and the Historian's Unspoken Assumptions." Catholic Historical Review. 3 July 2000: 403-419. 11 Feb. 2013. <http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/catholic_historical_review/v086/86.3tracy.pdf>.

Summary: The article explores the role of religion in university life and professors. The author further explores the question of whether religion affects historians and concludes that "belief or non-belief" does make a difference. Religion does take a part in how historians relay events, not even purposefully, but just naturally. Tracy studies historians' objectivity and how reliable they can therefore be considered.

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