Hijacking History
How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters

The author examines three Christian educational publishing houses and their material for primarily high school history courses. These three publishers produce almost all of the material used by Christian homeschoolers and by private, conservative, Protestant schools. A few million children use this......more

I grew up in Christian schools, went to a Christian college, and taught in Christian schools for a number of years. I am still an evangelical, and most would consider me a theologically conservative one. The author summarizes very accurately how various Christian school curriculums portray history.......more

Dr. Wellman's book explores alternative version of American history, told through the lens of the major conservative/fundamentalist religious education entities out there--Abeka, Bob Jones U., etc. There is clearly a danger for such versions of history gaining intellectual currency. As we have seen,......more

An important book. Provides insights to some of the current political situation in the U.S. I recognize many many of these view/positions but did not know the history. The book is fairly academic and dry and so it is a bit tough slogging at times.......more

Generally pretty good, although some objectively incorrect bits here and there (Such as failing the 'Stop conflating the Taliban with the Mujahideen please' challenge) which did slightly mar points, but they don't impact the general thrust of the book with feels pretty on point.......more