"Being an historian and reading Bonhoeffer"

Oooh, this article is interesting: http://www.andrewfullercenter.org/blog/2011/07/being-an-historian-and-reading-bonhoeffer/. I like his opening paragraph:

Like any craft, doing history takes time to learn. And it normally involves being mentored by one who is already a practitioner. In other words, to do history, to write historical reflection, to be an historian, requires a process of education that entails a master’s degree and, today, a doctorate. This is not snobbery: it is simply reality. Of course, the internet and our culture’s penchant for immediacy are trashing this idea: anyone can be a historian. Just read enough history books and you can do it.