Two academics from Grove City College, a conservative Christian college, have taken on David Barton's most recent book. I am going to have to get a copy of Michael Coulter and Warren Throckmorton's Getting Jefferson Right. It sounds to be as well researched and documented as Barton's The Jefferson's Lies is fabricated and full of shit.
I am actually rather impressed with their attitude as reported in the July'August issue of Church & State.
"...Engaging in scholarship as a Christian is not about who is on our team; it should have as an aim of uncovering the facts about a subject, whether it is a historical figure or a theory of social science, and following the data where they lead."
I doubt they'd actually apply that approach to the "historicity" of Jesus but at least they are willing to stand up to a fellow theist on other historical issues.
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