tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post1097828213492184726..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: The Future of American Religious History MonographsPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-28540538488307398972011-06-20T19:16:44.185-06:002011-06-20T19:16:44.185-06:00hey kidhey kidMike Pasquierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910360700893031424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-65363995406745473962011-06-19T14:10:30.282-06:002011-06-19T14:10:30.282-06:00Well, Kelly, I asked you to say it ain't so! ...Well, Kelly, I asked you to say it ain't so! What a relief!<br /><br />;-}Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-13290384956893069122011-06-19T06:11:46.758-06:002011-06-19T06:11:46.758-06:00Tom, I would caution you from hastening judgment o...Tom, I would caution you from hastening judgment on books that you haven't read, based solely on the promotional materials.Kelly J. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328894784072518452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-45443262701236801382011-06-18T21:02:11.151-06:002011-06-18T21:02:11.151-06:00"...draws alarming parallels between the Klan...<i>"...draws alarming parallels between the Klan’s message of the 1920s and current posturing by some Tea Party members and their sympathizers."</i><br /><br />Say it ain't so, Kelly. My heart just sank.<br /><br />Even if such a contentious conflation of current politics and the Klan's were accurate, the Tea Party thingee is a passing fad. In a decade or six, Tea Partyism will be in the Pet Rock file.<br /><br /><i>Mary Kate Danaher: Could you use a little water in your whiskey?<br /> <br />Michaleen Flynn: When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey; and when I drink water, I drink water.</i><br /><br />When you mix them, it's an op-ed, perhaps the most necessary but still the most disposable writing of all. I suppose it's whether one writes for his age, or for the ages.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-37927001747547687192011-06-18T05:31:17.166-06:002011-06-18T05:31:17.166-06:00Thanks for sharing the brief reviews, Ed. They all...Thanks for sharing the brief reviews, Ed. They all sound great. And Im definitely looking forward to Porterfield's volume, as well.Richard A. Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265780487106229164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-71871514357905355832011-06-17T17:23:12.818-06:002011-06-17T17:23:12.818-06:00Dr. Porterfield's book is going to be fantasti...Dr. Porterfield's book is going to be fantastic. She assigned the manuscript in our grad seminar on religion and politics in the early American republic this past spring. It is beautifully written, and not only does it challenge the classic Hatch thesis, it does so in a way that sophisticatedly recasts the relationship between religion and politics. Once its published, definitely a must-read.esclarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794977716560232353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-9945614190507016552011-06-17T17:04:21.668-06:002011-06-17T17:04:21.668-06:00Thanks, Ed, for acknowledging Gospel According to ...Thanks, Ed, for acknowledging Gospel According to the Klan. I really felt like your Reforging the White Republic was the base for my arguments on white Protestant nationalism. (And yes, the cover is at least striking and possibly creepy.)<br /><br /> I can't wait to get my hands on the Poole book on monsters, except that I feel like he beat me to the punch. I wanted to write on monsters first. Oh well. I will make myself feel better by ordering Art and Amanda's books.Kelly J. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328894784072518452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-61320617967393604042011-06-17T15:27:51.319-06:002011-06-17T15:27:51.319-06:00Having read and commented on earlier versions of A...Having read and commented on earlier versions of Art and Kelly's books, I second your recs., Ed. Really innovative works of scholarship, and Kelly ends her work with some reflections on the post-Klan tradition of white Protestant nativism that lingers so strongly in present-day American culture. I have not yet seen Scott's work, but really enjoyed his previous book Satan in America: The Devil We Know.<br /><br />As for your opening comment, let me just note that two of those four books were co-authored and co-edited with one Edward J. Blum, which means basically that said Prof. Blum actually did the work and was kind enough to share credit on the cover.Paul Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.com