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Ironing And Podcast Listening
- James Eglinton listens to Mere Fidelity while ironing his children's school uniforms.
- He finds the experience surreal because he recognizes the hosts' voices while imagining steaming clothes.
Critical Biography As Method
- A critical biography uses primary sources to reconstruct a life without hagiography or psychoanalysis.
- James Eglinton wrote Bavinck's life to let sources determine successes and failures, not to tear him down.
Biography Types Illustrated
- Eglinton contrasts commemorative biographies with critical biographies using airport-lounge examples.
- He argues critical biographies avoid reputation management and instead interrogate primary sources.