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Os Guinness’s Appeal to the Past is Deeply Problematic

John Fea   |  May 25, 2020

Watch Christian speaker and author Os Guinness deliver a speech titled 1776 vs. 1789: the Roots of the Present Crisis. It is part of an event hosted by the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview.  Someone sent it to me...

How to Improve History Education: 1997 and Today

John Fea   |  September 11, 2017

In his 1997 book History on Trial, UCLA historian Gary Nash reflected on his role in the crafting of the failed National History Standards.   After his experience fighting this battle in the culture wars, Nash encouraged teachers, educators, professors, legislatures, and...

“Teaching History” Reading List

John Fea   |  August 31, 2017

Yesterday I had my first meeting with my “Teaching History” (HIST 390) course at Messiah College. Here are the books I have assigned: Gary Nash, History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past. James Percoco, A Passion for the...

Religion and the 1776 Pennsylvania Constitution: A Short Series, Part 7

John Fea   |  March 15, 2017

I am afraid that this series is no longer “short” (at least by blog standards).  If you want to get up to speed click here for earlier installments. As we have noted before, the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 was very...

Gary Nash Remembers “The Godfather of Artisans Studies”

John Fea   |  February 12, 2013

As many of our readers know, the path-breaking social historian Alfred F. Young passed away last November.  I learned a lot from Young’s The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution.  I have come to rely on...

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