place a couple of years ago. it s the idea that it s always in process, and there s something wacky about it too. c.s. lewis, who was probably the 20th century s major proponent of christianity at least in the english-speaking world host: proponent? guest: yeah, proponent. great apologist for christianity, very effective one, one reason he liked christianity was because it was so wacky. it s unpredictable, there s always something going on and there s always something you wouldn t have just figured out by your reason. not throwing away the claims of reason, but there s something much more fun about christianity than, well, this is the doctrine that s been worked out, the episcopal church ought to be like this, be like that, that doesn t have much pressure on what christianity really is. host: we re familiar with rick warren, joel osteen, billy graham, but you write about some of the other kind of stars of american christianity in the past. guest: the great traditi
it is very difficult to grasp. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span s q&a. each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nations college professors. you can watch the classes here every evening at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern. christopher anderson of clemson university teach the class on how former confederates in south carolina viewed reconstruction in the wake of the civil war. he looks at how some white southerners created their own version of what happened during the war, and how they justified and even romanticized their defeat and motives for fighting. this class is about one hour and 10 minutes. [laughter] prof. anderson: we are back from spring break. when is the last time anybody looked at the syllabus? uhhh? [laughter] as it happens, i have one in front of me. your number do you remember what course you signed up for? and what the title was? [laughter] internet changed it to, but in the course catalog. battleground blood
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about the book. host: i have to disagree. as someone who love this man , i read the book and was delighted to think i would be able to read and talk to you about ronald reagan. millions of americans have appreciation for his true greatness. he continues to inspire. i got the sense that you are undermining and demeaning his true greatness by throwing his stuff that is irrelevant to the and suggesting he was not really with it. he tells us all of the things he did. guest: i standi stand behind the book, no you are emotionally attached. i am not. i am an historian who writes in on this book. nothing i say will be challenged because we can back it all up. the selection of what we have is debatable,, but i did not set out to write saint ronald reagan. i set out to write here is a great president, here is what made him great. here is what he overcame. an assassin s bullet that almost took his life. it is a compelling dramatic story and we did a good job and i m happy to talk to