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COMMENTARY: It’s important to recognize and acknowledge the inevitability of bias in historical narratives and learn to see through it
For most of us, the word “battlefield” conjures up images of historic places associated with conflict, like the fields of Gettysburg or the beaches of Normandy.
The battlefields of today, however, are ideological as much as they are physical. History itself has become a battleground in the culture war.
The stakes are high — at issue are fundamental questions about identity, heritage and values. What does it mean to be American? What does it mean to be Catholic? How should we assess our histories, both national and ecclesiastical? Should they be celebrated or apologized for?
Biased historical books, videos and commentaries proliferate, arguing this view or that, sometimes harboring thinly veiled (or not so thinly veiled) vitriol against the Catholic faith and Western civilization in general.
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For most of us, the word “battlefield” conjures up images of historic places associated with conflict, like the fields of Gettysburg or the beaches of Normandy.
The battlefields of today, however, are ideological as much as they are physical. History itself has become a battleground in the culture war.
The stakes are high — at issue are fundamental questions about identity, heritage and values. What does it mean to be American? What does it mean to be Catholic? How should we assess our histories, both national and ecclesiastical? Should they be celebrated or apologized for?
Biased historical books, videos and commentaries proliferate, arguing this view or that, sometimes harboring thinly veiled (or not so thinly veiled) vitriol against the Catholic faith and Western civilization in general.
Continued below.
How to Battle Historical Bias: A Catholic Guide
COMMENTARY: It’s important to recognize and acknowledge the inevitability of bias in historical narratives and learn to see through it.
