Making America Great Again in Christian Schools: Using Historical Narratives of Chaos and Order to Make 'Real Americans'
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| Title: | Making America Great Again in Christian Schools: Using Historical Narratives of Chaos and Order to Make 'Real Americans' |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Pogue, Neall |
| Source: | Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society. Sep 2022 14(2):114-132. |
| Availability: | Berghahn Journals. 20 Jay Street Suite 512, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Tel: 212-233-6004; Fax: 212-233-6007; e-mail: journals@berghahnbooks.com; Web site: http://www.journals.berghahnbooks.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Christianity, Religious Schools, Publishing Industry, Whites, Males, United States History, Anglo Americans, Ideology, Political Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Historical Interpretation |
| DOI: | 10.3167/jemms.2022.140206 |
| ISSN: | 2041-6938 2041-6946 |
| Abstract: | This article explores the historical narrative developed by the two most popular Christian school publishers (A Beka Book and Bob Jones University Press) at their founding in the mid-1970s. Specifically, they promoted the idea that it was exclusively white Anglo-American men who heroically created the United States by separating order from chaos. The publishers utilized this story to direct the home and Christian school pupil to save and protect what their ancestors created. The importance of such messages gave meaning and ideology to white conservative evangelicals who have come to think of themselves as "real Americans" fighting the ongoing culture wars. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1375087 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article explores the historical narrative developed by the two most popular Christian school publishers (A Beka Book and Bob Jones University Press) at their founding in the mid-1970s. Specifically, they promoted the idea that it was exclusively white Anglo-American men who heroically created the United States by separating order from chaos. The publishers utilized this story to direct the home and Christian school pupil to save and protect what their ancestors created. The importance of such messages gave meaning and ideology to white conservative evangelicals who have come to think of themselves as "real Americans" fighting the ongoing culture wars. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-6938 2041-6946 |
| DOI: | 10.3167/jemms.2022.140206 |
