The Unbelieved and historians, part III: Responses and Elaborations

Simon Richard Ditchfield; Roland Clark; Luke Clossey; David  Gordon; Arlen Wiesenthal; Taymiya Zaman

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The Unbelieved and historians, part III: Responses and Elaborations

Simon Richard Ditchfield, Roland Clark, Luke Clossey, David Gordon, Arlen Wiesenthal, Taymiya Zaman

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The first two parts of "The Unbelieved" argued for the possibility of the existence of supernatural beings and for their agency in historical writing. This instalment is a roundtable assessing the problems and potential in the category of the Unbelieved and in its knowability. Space limitations prevented our following the rich avenues of further inquiry our extraordinary peer reviewers suggested, but we remain grateful, especially for their reminders of the complexity of motivations of historians who avoid the Unbelieved and their emphasis on the importance of humility as a historian's tool.

Original language	English
Article number	e12430
Number of pages	10
Journal	History Compass
Volume	15
Issue number	12
Early online date	8 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12430
Publication status	Published - Dec 2017

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