Title: Historical novelty
Product review: Many reviewers underestimate the novelty of James Carroll's approach to history. This book, claiming to be a history, truly breaks new ground in historiography:1. Do not use primary sources. Use only secondary sources, preferably those written by anti-Catholic prejudices.2. When Church documents condemn anti-Semitism, such as many public and diplomatic messages of Pius XII, ignore them. Paying attention to them might make you and your reader think too much about the issue.3. Flatter your reader's anti-Catholic prejudices. Talk about birth control, celibacy, divorce, all those sexual issues upper-middle-class readers hate in Catholic teaching. Your reader will then be ready to accept anything you want to say on the supposed issue of your book.4. When in doubt, shift to autobiography. Talk about your father, your favorite bar, your little junkets through the Holy Land. Since you're so sad, the Church couldn't be that great.A breathtaking masterpiece of the new historiography!
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