Priests of History
Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age

Irving’s diagnosis is a fever called “Ahistoricism”… and the only prescription is more history. Much of the rootless grasping for novelty found in the evangelism church is surly a symptom of this problem. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, especially the last third where she demonstrates how the riches......more

Most today simply ignore history. Some twist history for partisan gains. Few sit underneath the wisdom of the past and learn to discern God's work in this fallen world still marked by his grace. Sarah Irving-Stonebraker is a reliable, inspiring guide for receiving that wisdom. The stories, examples,......more

4.5 stars. A really important and timely book. I agree wholeheartedly with the author that we live in an "ahistorical" age, and that this attitude has a firm grip on so many in the church. She argues well that a knowledge of the past, and an engagement especially with church history, holds wonderful......more

I am really grateful that this book exists, and somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars is probably more accurate rating. I confess that I began the book on something of a false assumption (my own fault entirely), that it was primarily a foray into historiography instead of into the "uses of" and "need fo......more

Irving-Stonebraker champions both tending to neglected stories from the past and keeping/retrieving the best of its thinking and traditions. She’s an apologist for history in an ahistoric age, and she’s equally an apologist for Anglican piety.......more