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1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 41 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Kim Niemi. |
| Summary |
The teaching of history has long been the subject of partisan warfare. Religion often plays a prominent role in these debates, as secular progressives and conservative Christians disagree over which historical figures are worthy of study, how (or whether) certain events should be portrayed, and ultimately how tax dollars should be spent. But what about students who are educated outside the public schools, either in religious schools or at home? How are they learning history, and what effect does that have on our democracy? Hijacking History analyzes the high school world history textbooks produced by the three most influential publishers of Christian educational materials. In these books, the historian, informed by his faith, tells the allegedly unbiased story of God's actions as interpreted through the Bible. History becomes a weapon to judge and condemn civilizations that do not accept the true God or adopt "biblical" positions. In their treatment of the modern world, these texts identify ungodly ideas to be vanquished-evolution, humanism, biblical modernism, socialism, and climate science among them. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Church and education -- United States -- History.
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Christian education -- United States -- History.
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History.
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Church and state -- United States -- History.
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Curriculum evaluation -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Niemi, Kim.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9798765003091 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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8765003098 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14747833 |
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