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Debunking David Barton: The Christian Right's Favorite Revisionist Historian (with Dr Warren Throckmorton)

Aug 14, 2020
58:15

My study and research of Christian nationalism has led me both to David Barton, who runs the organization WallBuilders out of Aledo, Texas, and to another figure--Dr Warren Throckmorton of Grove College, a professor of psychology.

What do these two people have in common?

Barton is a revisionist "historian" who has made a career out of promoting the myth that America not only was founded as a Christian nation, it should return to that status today. Dr Throckmorton has spent many years researching and writing on Barton's often spurious historical claims and dubious historical methods. He co-wrote a book together with Michael Coulter called Getting Jefferson Right that took Barton to task for the many glaring mistakes and fraudulent claims in his book The Jefferson Lies.

Find out more in this episode!

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Contact Information

Dr Throckmorton's Blog

On Twitter @wthrockmorton

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