Promises (and Perils) of the "New Hagiography"
The article discusses the promises and dangers of the so-called new hagiography. It states that the term raises the core issues of how to retain a critical edge and work with the kind of sympathy that does justice to the historical subject and the historian's values. It also mentions that sympa...
| Subtitles: | The New Academic Hagiography: A Roundtable Conversation |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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[2017]
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| In: |
Fides et historia
Year: 2017, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 45-48 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCD Hagiography; saints |
| Further subjects: | B
Justice
B Sympathy B Empathy B Hagiography B Women Biography |
| Summary: | The article discusses the promises and dangers of the so-called new hagiography. It states that the term raises the core issues of how to retain a critical edge and work with the kind of sympathy that does justice to the historical subject and the historian's values. It also mentions that sympathy might be defined as an effort to embrace another individual's world in a deeper and more abiding way. |
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| Item Description: | Introduction: Seite 36 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Response (2017)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fides et historia
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