ERIC Number: EJ1375087
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-2041-6938
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Making America Great Again in Christian Schools: Using Historical Narratives of Chaos and Order to Make "Real Americans"
Pogue, Neall
Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, v14 n2 p114-132 Sep 2022
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.
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Schools, Publishing Industry, Whites, Males, United States History, Anglo Americans, Ideology, Political Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Historical Interpretation
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Language: English
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