tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post2891426612573275518..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Boosterism -- from New Contributing Editor Matt Sutton!Paul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-76479856952679813472008-05-23T20:48:00.000-06:002008-05-23T20:48:00.000-06:00Darn, Matt moves from Michigan to Washington State...Darn, Matt moves from Michigan to Washington State just as I'm getting ready to move there. Anyway, Matt's bio of Aimee is a tour de force! Ed's book on Du Bois, is also wonderful. I got to review both of them -- Matt's for Progressive Christian and Ed's for the Christian Century. Gave both of them thumbs up!Robert Cornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581876323110725024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-76381404675804091792008-05-20T21:12:00.000-06:002008-05-20T21:12:00.000-06:00This is quite the love feast, guys; thanks! Last I...This is quite the love feast, guys; thanks! Last I heard, Brundage is busily trying to refute some of the claims I made in Reforging about the first years of Reconstruction. Hopefully the JSR will let me spar with his next book (if it has as much on religion as it appears it will).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-34233752628567372342008-05-20T20:00:00.000-06:002008-05-20T20:00:00.000-06:00Phil: Don't forget "Space Invaders," and as I'll t...Phil: Don't forget "Space Invaders," and as I'll testify he has a serious post-up game as well.Paul Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-2105776961455703262008-05-20T19:36:00.000-06:002008-05-20T19:36:00.000-06:00As someone who has read the bulk of Ed's published...As someone who has read the bulk of Ed's published work, the depth of research in is remarkable, and the strength of argument is something to be reckoned with. This translates into scholarship--I think we'll see--that is enduring. <BR/><BR/>And anyone who has witnessed Ed speak or lecture can attest to the fact that his presentation style comports with the energy and verve that comes across through the written word.<BR/><BR/>So, as we've learned from previous posts, whether it is Wii tennis, Donkey Kong, or scholarship, Ed's the real deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-6099297440741843512008-05-20T13:28:00.000-06:002008-05-20T13:28:00.000-06:00Welcome aboard Matt! Have always enjoyed your pos...Welcome aboard Matt! Have always enjoyed your posts on here.<BR/><BR/>Couldn't agree with you more about Ed's work. He's taking the study of race and religion in directions it has not been before. <BR/><BR/>Here's what Fitz Brundage wrote about _Reforging_ in the Journal of Southern Religion: <BR/><BR/>"Among the many strengths of Reforging the White Republic is its breadth of research and interpretive vision. Employing an expansive understanding of how religion influenced public debate, Blum draws upon magazines, political cartoons, and travel guides as well as sermons and religious publications. When discussing the reconciliationist stance of the Reconstruction era, for example, Blum moves easily from Henry Beecher's sermons of reunion to his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe's accounts of her experiences in Florida, which led her to revise her ideas about both white and black southerners. In this and other instances, Blum's capacious approach acknowledges the extent to which Protestant ideals and rhetoric informed all realms of public life and debate during the late nineteenth century. At the same time, Blum displays an equally keen eye for the significance that his argument holds for many longstanding historiographical concerns. More than a work of impressive original research, Reforging the White Republic is a valuable synthesis that pulls together topics that religious, cultural, political, and social historians have treated separately in recent years, such as the contested historical memory of the Civil War, the evolution of American nationalism, and the shifting focus of religious reform."<BR/>http://jsr.fsu.edu/Volume8/Brundage.htm<BR/><BR/>See Blum's response w/ regard to larger theological and regional debates.<BR/>http://jsr.fsu.edu/Volume8/Blum.response.htmRandallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.com