tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post8125320930479680749..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Surprising or Otherwise Interesting Primary Sources, IX: Jedgar on Sunday SchoolPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-37872680988476297242010-10-30T09:24:05.848-06:002010-10-30T09:24:05.848-06:00Is that great body of pathetic young people that J...Is that great body of pathetic young people that J. Edgar refers to in the article, now pathetic grandparents or did we change into Sunday School teachers like I did?Susanhttp://osmungifts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-72601940848742068782010-10-28T12:39:50.583-06:002010-10-28T12:39:50.583-06:00Randall,
In my history of modern evangelicalism ...Randall,<br /> In my history of modern evangelicalism tutorial I'm having students read entire volumes of _Christianity Today_ from various decades for their research projects. In flipping through a student's research notebook yesterday I noticed that Hoover has an entire series of anti-communist articles that began appearing in CT in October 1960. The titles are: "The Communist Menace: Red Goals and Christian Ideals"; "Communist Propaganda and the Pulpit"; and "Soviet Rule or Christian Renewal?" J. Edgar was apparently a busy dude!Rusty Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186496963460657334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-75561613313430435012010-10-28T07:12:08.397-06:002010-10-28T07:12:08.397-06:00When I saw this, I also immediately thought of &qu...When I saw this, I also immediately thought of "This Godless Communism" and Hoover's endorsement. It's not the only Catholic Cold War comic book that mixes in some politics, another is "Is This Tomorrow: America Under Communism" from 1947. "Onward Christian Cold Warrior!" is right. This stuff emerged in really interesting places. A small piece of self-advertisement: I found this stuff so cool (to use academic jargon), I wrote an article last year for the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture on comic books, Catholicism, and the Cold War.esclarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794977716560232353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-20277776001920103332010-10-27T16:56:22.969-06:002010-10-27T16:56:22.969-06:00Devin and Brantley: Thanks for the additional sour...Devin and Brantley: Thanks for the additional sources. Someone should collect all these together for an on-line exhibition: "Onward Christian Cold Warrior!"Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-16274411668809863252010-10-27T11:24:46.796-06:002010-10-27T11:24:46.796-06:00Here's another J. Edgar Hoover sighting. In ...Here's <a href="http://www.authentichistory.com/1961-1973/treasure_chest/cover_02.html" rel="nofollow">another </a> J. Edgar Hoover sighting. In 1961 he endorsed a series on "This Godless Communism" published in <i>Treasure Chest</i>, a monthly comic book distributed by the Catholic Guild to parochial schools. <br /><br />In classes I have used the first issue (which begins <a href="http://www.authentichistory.com/1961-1973/treasure_chest/cover_01.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and contains Hoover's endorsement) to illustrate the ways in which both political and religious leaders interpreted the Cold War as a religious conflict. This pop culture artifact is well worth your 5 to 10 minutes.Brantley Gasawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894338478934982958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-37145144209463674522010-10-27T10:55:57.042-06:002010-10-27T10:55:57.042-06:00The denominational magazine for the Brethren in Ch...The denominational magazine for the Brethren in Christ Church (a small Anabaptist-Wesleyan blend) used to re-print "Jedgar" pieces defending Sunday schools in the 1950s and 1960s -- I would assume other denominational magazines would do the same. (Although I don't know the original source, it was probably something like Christian Life, Christian Herald, Moody Monthly, etc.)<br /><br />I did the same kind of double-take when I first saw the Hoover pieces -- mostly because the BIC had doctrinal prohibitions against voting, political office-holding, etc., well into the 1950s... but also because, well, it was Jedgar defending Sunday schools! (He claimed they protected young people from "delinquency.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com