tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post2231614228296209176..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Pat Robertson, American History Textbooks, and Free Market LovePaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-19651954407607990002007-11-20T15:48:00.000-07:002007-11-20T15:48:00.000-07:00I visited the 700 Club set a couple of years ago. ...I visited the 700 Club set a couple of years ago. During that day's show, Robertson hawked his diet program, in which he dumped vast quantities of protein into a blender. I presume that explains the 2,000-pound bench press. <BR/><BR/>Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-2781511378843893642007-11-20T12:09:00.000-07:002007-11-20T12:09:00.000-07:00Great piece!And on slavery, well, they have to cov...Great piece!<BR/><BR/>And on slavery, well, they have to cover Lincoln at least, or the Lincoln-Douglas debates at a minimum. Why? Because many conservatives use the structure of those debates to teach on what constitutes a human. Yes, the Lincoln-Douglas debates are used to reinforce anti-abortion positions. - TLTim Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098955217921572372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-37963378360699342392007-11-20T08:25:00.000-07:002007-11-20T08:25:00.000-07:00Since I have only focused on the pre-1790 portions...Since I have only focused on the pre-1790 portions of these texts, I cannot speak to antebellum slavery. But I can say that colonial slavery is mentioned, but plays no significant role in the narrative. It is basically an "and oh, yes, there were slaves too" sort of coverage. (Some of Bob Jones's texts, ironically, do a better job than others--especially one's written by Mark Sidwell). Some texts do not even mention slavery or servitude in the colonial Chesapeake section. There is very little coverage of the middle passage and virtually no coverage of colonial slave life. I should also add that there is not discussion of Godly intervention or "providence" in the slave passages in the same way that these ideas are applied to white settlers and revolutionaries. The only thing close to this was a passage in one of the texts (I think it was a BJU teacher's guide, but I don't have my notes in front of me) that prompted the instructor to start a discussion about how God, in his providence, has placed certain people into social classes.John Feahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856498511226523417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-31005458891389421152007-11-20T07:32:00.000-07:002007-11-20T07:32:00.000-07:00Just out of curiosity, John, how do those textbook...Just out of curiosity, John, how do those textbooks treat slavery?DEGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12172696007825023445noreply@blogger.com