The Convocation Unscripted [S1E5]: Project 2025 and "Government Schools"
Teaching pseudo-history in public schools and the comprehensive plan for installing authoritarianism
The State Superintendent of Oklahoma announced a plan to overhaul the social studies curriculum in the state. He named some members of the Executive Review Committee which included: David Barton, Dennis Prager, Kevin Roberts (president of the Heritage Foundation), and Steve Deace. These men are not committed to historical truth-telling as much as propagandists pushing the idea of a “Christian America.”
We also discuss Project 2025. It’s finally hitting the mainstream, even though we and others have been warning about it for far longer. What is it, and why does it pose a threat long before and after the November 2024 election?
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Catch up on previous episodes of The Convocation Unscripted.
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Welcome to the new episode of The Convocation Unscripted. Late on the evening of June 27, 2024, we came together to discuss the first 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. In this episode, Jemar Tisby, Kristin Du Mez, and Robert P. Jones talk about this train wreck of a debate (Diana Butler Bass is on vacation). While Biden clearly…
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We have been thrilled to see the outpouring of interest in The Convocation since our launch last week. As a reminder, here’s what you can expect from this unique Substack magazine and podcast. We will publish weekly on Thursdays. One week (this week!), we’ll publish
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It’s launch day for The Convocation! Today, the four of us—Diana Butler Bass, Kristin Du Mez, Robert P. Jones, and Jemar Tisby, PhD—are excited to announce the launch of The Convocation, a unique new Substack magazine. We are each scholars (three historians and one sociologist) who write about religion and its intersection with culture, history, and politics in America. We also each take our own Christian faith ser…
Ok, I just shared links to this. I am not a historian. I am a retired teacher who is trying to seek the truth and find her voice. I am not well versed in most of these troubling happenings, but I am a teacher. How can I find like-minded teachers that want to make sure the truth of what is happening in Oklahoma and my own state of Arizona, as well as other states gets out to the public?
I would love a book list for those of us who want to dive in deeper on any of these episodes. (Similar to a “show notes” resources from a podcast.) Would that be something the group is open to providing?
Related question: it looks like “The Search for Christian America” is out of print, is there another resource in the same vein still available?
Thanks!