All the whining lately about the state of military history gets an excellent response from Mark Grimsley.
It reminds me a bit of occasional whining I still hear -- more from the
public than the profession -- about how religious history has somehow
not been given its due in the academy, or how scholars of faith are
hounded or driven out. Time for the p.c. conservatives to get over
themselves. If you apply for 3 or 4 academic jobs in a year and don't
get one, for god's sake, join the crowd. By this standard, everyone in
every field in American history would feel victimized.
Meanwhile, Catherine Brekus's introductory essay ("Searching for Women in Narratives of American Religious History") to the new anthology The Religious History of American Women: Reimagining the Past is a must read for scholars in American religious history. She names names and takes the historiography to task--women's history for not understanding religion, and religious history for continuing to marginalize women. The essays in the volume are strong.
Meanwhile, Catherine Brekus's introductory essay ("Searching for Women in Narratives of American Religious History") to the new anthology The Religious History of American Women: Reimagining the Past is a must read for scholars in American religious history. She names names and takes the historiography to task--women's history for not understanding religion, and religious history for continuing to marginalize women. The essays in the volume are strong.
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