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'''David Barton''' is a author and historian who analises the Church-State relationship in the [[United States of America]]. He is author of several books criticizing the "myth of separation" between church and state. He is a frequent host on evangelical television programming. |
'''David Barton''' is a author and historian who analises the Church-State relationship in the [[United States of America]]. He is author of several books criticizing the "myth of separation" between church and state. He is a frequent host on [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Christian]] television programming. |
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Barton is currently the Vice Chairman of the [[Republican Party of Texas]]. He is also the president of [[WallBuilders]], a for-profit organization "dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America was built."[http://www.wallbuilders.com/aboutus/index.htm] The company publishes and sells most of Barton's books and videos. Such videos include quotes from the founding fathers of the United States talking about America's Christian heritage, and mostly about our founding fathers' view on the issue of [[Separation of Church and State]](as noted above), which is a phrase from a letter that Thomas Jefferson sent to the Danbury Baptists concerning the relationship of the state and the church. |
Barton is currently the Vice Chairman of the [[Republican Party of Texas]]. He is also the president of [[WallBuilders]], a for-profit organization "dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America was built."[http://www.wallbuilders.com/aboutus/index.htm] The company publishes and sells most of Barton's books and videos. Such videos include quotes from the founding fathers of the United States talking about America's Christian heritage, and mostly about our founding fathers' view on the issue of [[Separation of Church and State]](as noted above), which is a phrase from a letter that Thomas Jefferson sent to the Danbury Baptists concerning the relationship of the state and the church. |
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Revision as of 22:38, 14 October 2005
David Barton is a author and historian who analises the Church-State relationship in the United States of America. He is author of several books criticizing the "myth of separation" between church and state. He is a frequent host on evangelical Christian television programming.
Barton is currently the Vice Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. He is also the president of WallBuilders, a for-profit organization "dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America was built."[1] The company publishes and sells most of Barton's books and videos. Such videos include quotes from the founding fathers of the United States talking about America's Christian heritage, and mostly about our founding fathers' view on the issue of Separation of Church and State(as noted above), which is a phrase from a letter that Thomas Jefferson sent to the Danbury Baptists concerning the relationship of the state and the church.