History Is Not Bunk
We've got to break free of our historical amnesia
Christianity Today Editorial | posted 9/01/2003 12:00AM

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Books mentioned in the above editorial include Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, Heaven Below, Charles Colson, Transformed by Love, Hero for Humanity, and Sacred Legacy.
Not only does our magazine's Web site have a special history section and a weekly history column, but our sister publication Books & Culture has another history section. In fact, another of our sister publications, Christian History, is devoted to the subject.
Articles looking at the history of the church in CT include:
History for Us | Who is writing the church's story? (July 9, 2001)
How to Serve Time | There is a Christian way to study the past without weakening the truth. (March 23, 2001)
Whatever Happened to Christian History? | Evangelical historians have finally earned the respect of the secular academy. A few critics say they've lost their Christian vision. Hardly. (March 23, 2001)
Other Christianity Today articles are available in our History archive. Extensive CT book reviews and coverage of the CBA is available in our Books section.
Last spring Christian History editor Chris Armstrong wrote a series of columns on becoming more engaged with the history of Christianity. The columns included:
Top Ten Reasons to Know Christian History | War reports deluge us every hour. Why should we read "old news?" (March 28, 2003)
Top Ten 'Starter Books' | Get rooted in the Christian past with these riveting reads of primary sources.(April 4, 2003)
Top Ten Entry Points to Christian History | Some enjoyable ways to get the most out of the work of church historians. (April 11, 2003)
Heaven Below by Grant Wacker was reviewed by Christianity Today, Books & Culture, and Christian History.