For Revolutionary War heroes such as Ethan Allen, the "rejection of all-powerful Calvinist deity went together with the rejection of the divine right of kings" (p. Freethinkers includes stories of many Americans who challenged religion and, thus, were either erased from textbooks or had their views revised in order to remain.įreethinkers begins at the founding of America-and with a fact that certain Texans seek to hide: The founders explicitly rejected the dogma of Calvin and his ilk and embraced a philosophy of reason and rights.
Hearing this news, those who have read Susan Jacoby's Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism may be saddened or enraged, but they will not be surprised. Texas students will now learn not about the author of the Declaration of Independence, but about the author of "The Word our Only Rule," John Calvin.*
N March 2010, the Texas State Board of Education acted to remove mentions of Thomas Jefferson from a standard history textbook.
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