Citing lost confidence, david bartons publisher pulls. Thomas nelson decided thursday to stop publication and distribution of david bartons the jefferson lies. This excerpt debunks the lies that barton uses to set up his fictional story about why the danbury baptists wrote to thomas jefferson. Nelson is recalling all copies of david bartons the jefferson lies. Thomas nelson ceases publication of david bartons error. Nelson publishers is ending its publishing and distribution of evangelical david bartons controversial book, the jefferson lies. That book, of course, was david bartons the jefferson lies. Thomas nelson pulls david barton book on thomas jefferson. Publisher pulls controversial thomas jefferson book. Lots of people indict the internet as a haven of superficiality, but with the following article and a response by david barton were providing an opportunity to delve deeper.
The revised paperback edition of david bartons the jefferson lies is an important book. Although we do carefully edit every book we publish, thomas. Controversial thomas jefferson book pulled over complaints. Citing lost confidence, david bartons publisher pulls book on. Citing lost confidence, david bartons publisher pulls book on jefferson. David barton is responding to some of the critics of his new and aptlynamed book the jefferson lies and, true to form, his response is little more than a laundry list of logical fallacies with. What follows is an excerpt from my latest volume, debunking david barton s jefferson lies. You can read the this thorough critique of bartons work about thomas jefferson, and then bartons defense see no, im not wrong. Casey francis harrell, the director of corporate communications at the. Publisher pulls david bartons revisionist history of.
Publisher pulls david bartons book on jefferson the christian post. Thomas nelson publishers announced this month that it has ceased publication of the jefferson lies, bartons latest work. Wheres that simon and schuster edition of the jefferson lies. It is evident that tn didnt do as thorough a research on bartons historical claims before they accused barton of not doing the same to his book. Publisher pulls controversial thomas jefferson book, citing loss of.
Throckmorton claimed to have closely checked bartons. Published in april, the book sets out to provide a reconstruction of. The publishing company is now claiming that the book which like many of barton s projects encountered controversy and intense critique has historical errors that were found to render it unsellable. Publisher pulls david bartons revisionist history of thomas jefferson. Glenn beck set to publish controversial book on us. A christian publisher has pulled influential evangelical david bartons bestseller which aims to debunk myths about thomas jeffersons theological leanings after receiving complaints of. Thomas nelson ceases publication of david barton s errorridden book on jefferson s faith.
The fine historian thomas kidd has been doing some excellent reporting work on the controversy surrounding david bartons booklength attempt to expose the lies and myths about jefferson, his faith, his infidelity, and his view of slaves. After being criticized as factually inaccurate by historians and. Evangelical author david bartons controversial thomas jefferson book, which was dropped by its publisher for inaccuracies last week, may have found a new home with glenn beck bartons book, the. Joe carter discusses why publisher thomas nelson decided to stop publishing and distributing david bartons book about thomas jefferson. Thomas nelson publishers announced this month that it has ceased publication of the jefferson lies, barton s latest work. Exposing the myths youve always believed about thomas jefferson 9781595554598. Christian book company thomas nelson publishers is ending its publishing and distribution of evangelical david bartons controversial book. Joe carter has reported that the publisher, thomas nelson, will cease publication of the jefferson lies by david barton. Barton gained new exposure in 2005 when time named him as one of the 25 most influential american evangelicals. Wallbuilders has published most of bartons books, but thomas nelson published the jefferson lies. Christian bible and book publisher thomas nelson announced that it has pulled a book by noted conservative historian david barton on. Yet, we must be careful that we give accurate history, real history, lest we deceive ourselves and our hearers.
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