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Study Finds No Faith-Focused Books Among 300 Titles on America 250 Reading Lists
A study by Brave Books examined more than 300 books on 25 reading lists prepared for the United States' 250th anniversary. It reported no titles addressing faith, religious liberty or Christianity's role in the founding.
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Brave Books released a study titled "The America 250 Faith Gap" that examined more than 300 books across 25 reading lists prepared for the United States' 250th anniversary. Fox News reported that the lists contained zero titles directly addressing faith, religious liberty or Christianity's role in the founding.
The study found that books on the Great Awakening, the faith lives of the Founders and the Black church's role in American history were absent.
Lists instead included Ibram X. Kendi’s "Stamped for Kids," Nikole Hannah-Jones’s "Born on the Water" tied to the 1619 Project, and several titles focused on transgender activism during the 1969 Stonewall Riots, including a picture book for young children.
The lists heavily promoted Kate Messner's History Smashers series and contained sympathetic biographies of former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris with no equivalent biographies of Republican leaders.
Most common themes were the American Revolution, minority perspectives, Black history, civil rights and women's history, while books on American symbols, the classics, the Founders and civics formed the minority. " Brave Books CEO Trent Talbot stated that the report shows an intentional push to erase Christianity's influence from the nation's past.
