Stonewall W.Va. city eyes Stonewall Jackson cultural center

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W.Va. city eyes Stonewall Jackson cultural center

By Associated Press, Published: March 29
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Proponents of a cultural center in West Virginia honoring native son Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson are assessing the costs of al center to interpret the Confederate general’s life.

They learned this week that moving a cabin to Clarksburg and transforming it into a cultural center would require more than $250,000 over 10 years from the city.

For the rest: http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...8b79be-b74f-11e3-9eb3-c254bdb4414d_story.html
 
W.Va. city eyes Stonewall Jackson cultural center

By Associated Press, Published: March 29
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Proponents of a cultural center in West Virginia honoring native son Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson are assessing the costs of al center to interpret the Confederate general’s life.

They learned this week that moving a cabin to Clarksburg and transforming it into a cultural center would require more than $250,000 over 10 years from the city.

For the rest: http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...8b79be-b74f-11e3-9eb3-c254bdb4414d_story.html

That sounds interesting. Will they also include the religious aspects of Jackson's life? Sometimes that's a touchy subject but you can't leave it out of interpreting Jackson!
 
I don't see that discussing Jackson's religious beliefs in a straightforward way should be controversial; they're well-documented. Where people go off into the minefield is not when they assert that Jackson's believed that he was acting under divine guidance, but that he actually, objectively was. It's one thing to say "Jackson believed so-and-so;" it's a whole different thing to expect others to believe it, too.
 
That sounds interesting. Will they also include the religious aspects of Jackson's life? Sometimes that's a touchy subject but you can't leave it out of interpreting Jackson!
Historical interpretations/presentations of the religious aspects of Jackson's life should be OK. It is theology that gets folks upset.
 
I don't see that discussing Jackson's religious beliefs in a straightforward way should be controversial; they're well-documented. Where people go off into the minefield is not when they assert that Jackson's believed that he was acting under divine guidance, but that he actually, objectively was. It's one thing to say "Jackson believed so-and-so;" it's a whole different thing to expect others to believe it, too.

That's why some historians interpret Jackson as an Old Testament warrior-prophet - he believed God's will was what he was doing and when it wasn't, God would stop him. That's exactly why he said Napoleon lost Waterloo because God stopped him. As you say, the interpreter's interpretation of Jackson's interpretation of divine direction is where the delicacy comes in!
 
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