Science and the Idea of Church History, an American Debate

Students of American historiography value the latter part of the nineteenth century as a period in which distinctive ideas about the nature and procedures of historical research became explicit. More specifically, it was an era when the scholarly world was greatly influenced by the ideal of scientif...

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Main Author: Bowden, Henry Warner (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1967
In: Church history
Year: 1967, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 308-326
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