A Plain Answer: Memory and History - Dr. John Vance
Update: 2025-08-02
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How important is your memory? Our memories are not always reliable. Some folks lose their memory as they go through Alzheimer's disease that results in a decline in their cognitive function. Some folks also develop a fixation. It plays into the holding of grudges. Memories are the "stuff of personhood," as our guest puts it. Memory gives us identity. We also talk about the formation of historical consciousness and collective memory. There is a danger how history is recorded - is the recorded history accurate, or is it intended to reframe our history, much like the 1619 project does. America had slavery but it was not central to what America was all about. We mention the Puritans, who gave us our view of government, steeped in covenant theology. Our guest mentions his own practice of reading widely and seeing what other experts have to say - commentators are important for pastors. Our guest likes to check church history. We discuss the deposit of faith and how it is passes to us down through history.
Our guest's great great grandfather fought in the Revolution. He lives on land that has been in his family for some 250+ years, slightly before the Revolution. Participants: Dr. John Vance, Dan Elmendorf
Our guest's great great grandfather fought in the Revolution. He lives on land that has been in his family for some 250+ years, slightly before the Revolution. Participants: Dr. John Vance, Dan Elmendorf
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