Reception of Barton's Work
Barton has been praised by U.S. conservatives Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann and Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas. He has received criticism from J. Brent Walker of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Gordon College History professor Stephen Phillips, Senator Arlen Specter, the Anti-Defamation League, Senior Research Director for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation Chris Rodda, Messiah College history professor John Fea, Baylor University historian Barry Hankins, and Grove City College professors Warren Throckmorton and Michael Coulter. Jay W. Richards, senior fellow at the Christian conservative Discovery Institute, stated in 2012 that Barton's books and videos are full of "embarrassing factual errors, suspiciously selective quotes, and highly misleading claims."
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