5.2 Discussion. Historiography & 5.3 Discussion. Post-Modernism

5.2 Discussion: Historiography

1.

Review the

Questions to Consider

on page 293 in Chapter 14 of your textbook, A

Christian Philosophical Journey.

Write a 150

-

to 200

-

word description (three or four paragraphs or at least five observations)

about your understanding of historiography. Answer these questions by integrating the different

parts of historiography in Chapter 14. For example: Talk about the

difference between primary

and secondary documents, the question of supernaturalism, cyclical vs. linear concepts of

history, secular vs. Christian notions of progress or of the goal of history (end times?). Give

examples from history that you are familia

r with. Answer the following

Questions to

Consider

from page 293:

a.

What makes something a “history”?

b.

What is the best way to investigate history?

c.

To what extent is history

-

telling subjective?

d.

Is history moving in a particular direction?

5.2 Discussion: Historiography

1. Review the Questions to Consider on page 293 in Chapter 14 of your textbook, A

Christian Philosophical Journey.

Write a 150- to 200-word description (three or four paragraphs or at least five observations)

about your understanding of historiography. Answer these questions by integrating the different

parts of historiography in Chapter 14. For example: Talk about the difference between primary

and secondary documents, the question of supernaturalism, cyclical vs. linear concepts of

history, secular vs. Christian notions of progress or of the goal of history (end times?). Give

examples from history that you are familiar with. Answer the following Questions to

Consider from page 293:

a. What makes something a “history”?

b. What is the best way to investigate history?

c. To what extent is history-telling subjective?

d. Is history moving in a particular direction?