Comments on: Philip Harland on Social History and Social Science

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:58:33 +0000

Hi Phil,

Thanks for stopping by! The blog has been pretty slow lately, as is characteristic of the beginning of a new quarter here at UCLA. I hope to be doing more work with your book soon.

Peace,
Pat

By: Phil H.

Phil H. — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:34:58 +0000

Pat: Thanks for discussing the book (and I’m not only saying that because you say positive things).

Michael: you may get indigestion.

Richard: touche.

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Harland on the Uniqueness of Early Christians » kata ta biblia — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:11:34 +0000

[...] I mentioned earlier, I am working through Philip Harland’s Dynamics of Identity (courtesy of T & T Clark), [...]

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:00:01 +0000

Thanks, Michael. I’m glad to hear your interest. I didn’t realize that you were a student of Harland’s. The review will be posted here on the blog, actually, so be on the lookout.

By: Michael Helfield

Michael Helfield — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:52:46 +0000

Hi Pat,

I am very happy you posted this. Having studied under Prof. Harland, and heard a few talks, I am excited to learn about his latest monograph. If you ever have the hankering to post more as you go, I would gobble it up. If you rather write your review first, I would love to know where it will be published. I am fascinated by identity and ethnicity as topics, and how different scholars use social science research in their studies. I believe there is room for many different techniques (I know I am helplessly general here).

Anyway,

Thank you Pat for posting this!

Michael

By: Richard Fellows

Richard Fellows — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:11:44 +0000

When reading this and other discussions of social science, I get the impression that the object of the game is to cram as many words as possible into the tiniest of concepts.

I have benefited from Harland’s work and am also reading his new book. I find that he communicates more efficiently and with more precision in his podcasts, where he dumbs things down, and in his blog posts, than in his books. Nevertheless, his books are a good resource and I’m glad to hear that they are being read.