tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post6111044457137631540..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: AHA Interviewing Advice and Some More Sessions of NotePaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-12650109361179045152010-12-30T00:01:26.536-07:002010-12-30T00:01:26.536-07:00Another session of note, for those interested in r...Another session of note, for those interested in religious history in a broad way, is Session 53 on Friday morning, "The Question of Rationality in History" (full disclosure: I organized the panel and am giving a paper on it). None of the three papers directly references religion in their titles, but each addresses the study of religion in both its evidence and its interpretation. My paper draws on testimonials from followers of the evangelist Billy Sunday, among others, to suggest a new direction for historians of the American Progressive Era to follow. Scott Girdner’s paper focuses on uses of rationality in the career of the medieval Islamic religious leader Al-Ghazali, and Elizabeth Nelson’s fascinating work, part of which I’ve heard before, connects a variety of French phenomena ranging from the development of psychoanalysis, to religious insanity, to the development of “esotericism” in the sciences. The full panel listing is <a href="http://aha.confex.com/aha/2011/webprogram/Session4221.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Jeremy Younghttp://herbertcroly.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com