tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post7767168542972389496..comments2024-03-27T18:18:11.525-06:00Comments on American Creation: Paul Boller, RIPBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-23994073198263100802016-02-15T11:14:26.319-07:002016-02-15T11:14:26.319-07:00Well said, Tom, and true!Well said, Tom, and true!Brian Tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412421076480479001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-64934162076471492622016-02-06T12:37:55.973-07:002016-02-06T12:37:55.973-07:00Boller wrote a book which became the standard bear...<i>Boller wrote a book which became the standard bearer on George Washington and religion that argued GW was *some* kind of Deist. The book doesn't argue GW was a Deist of the absentee landlord type. But perhaps Boller's book does deserve some blame for later scholars who mistakenly conclude GW was.</i><br /><br />I suppose that's why I get so annoyed with the obsession with David Barton, who is small potatoes and has had no measurable effect on the republic or the academy.<br /><br />Boller was a major-leaguer, and the harm persists.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com