Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

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Michelle Goldberg, a senior political reporter for Salon.com, has been covering the intersection of politics and ideology for years. Before the 2004 election, and during the ensuing months when many Americans were trying to understand how an administration marked by cronyism, disregard for the national budget, and poorly disguised self-interest had been reinstated, Goldber...more Michelle Goldberg, a senior political reporter for Salon.com, has been covering the intersection of politics and ideology for years. Before the 2004 election, and during the ensuing months when many Americans were trying to understand how an administration marked by cronyism, disregard for the national budget, and poorly disguised self-interest had been reinstated, Goldberg traveled through the heartland of a country in the grips of a fevered religious radicalism: the America of our time. From the classroom to the mega-church to the federal court, she saw how the growing influence of dominionism-the doctrine that Christians have the right to rule nonbelievers-is threatening the foundations of democracy.

In Kingdom Coming, Goldberg demonstrates how an increasingly bellicose fundamentalism is gaining traction throughout our national life, taking us on a tour of the parallel right-wing evangelical culture that is buoyed by Republican political patronage. Deep within the red zones of a divided America, we meet military retirees pledging to seize the nation in Christ's name, perfidious congressmen courting the confidence of neo-confederates and proponents of theocracy, and leaders of federally funded programs offering Jesus as the solution to the country's social problems.

With her trenchant interviews and the telling testimonies of the people behind this movement, Goldberg gains access into the hearts and minds of citizens who are striving to remake the secular Republic bequeathed by our founders into a Christian nation run according to their interpretation of scripture. In her examination of the ever-widening divide between believers and nonbelievers, Goldberg illustrates the subversive effect of this conservative stranglehold nationwide. In an age when faith rather than reason is heralded and the values of the Enlightenment are threatened by a mystical nationalism claiming divine sanction, Kingdom Coming brings us face to face with the irrational forces that are remaking much of America.(less)

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Published April 17th 2007 by W. W. Norton & Company (first published 2006)

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Jul 27, 2008 Dan rated it 2 of 5 stars

Hmmm.... if you like bland writing from that oh so charming leftist alarmist perspective, this book is for you! Basically, it's porn for us coastal elites who watch in fascination of those middle states. And sometimes that's ok. Unfortunately, the writing is excruciatingly dumb, and the author's obvious disdain for her subject makes this a book that should have stayed as the Salon article it undoubtedly started out as.

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Feb 22, 2008 Lawrence A rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. In the United States, we have persons of many religious, ethnic, and political backgrounds, and we and our ancestors arrived here from all over the globe. With respect to politics, we have libertarian conservatives, statist conservatives, social conservatives, main street conservatives, moderates, centrists, neo-liberals, liberals, left-liberals, civil libertarian liberals, democratic socialists, and a few anarchists. With respect to religion, most Americans define themselves as "Christian." To...more In the United States, we have persons of many religious, ethnic, and political backgrounds, and we and our ancestors arrived here from all over the globe. With respect to politics, we have libertarian conservatives, statist conservatives, social conservatives, main street conservatives, moderates, centrists, neo-liberals, liberals, left-liberals, civil libertarian liberals, democratic socialists, and a few anarchists. With respect to religion, most Americans define themselves as "Christian." To most of those who employ that term, it encompasses dozens of Protestant denominations [Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Congregationalists, Baptists, Lutherans, Dutch Reformed, Church of Christ, Evangelicals, etc.], Protestant-inspired denominations [Jehovah's Witnesses, for example], the Roman Catholic Church, Greek, Armenian, Syrian, Eastern, and Russian Orthodox Churces, and even a few Coptic Christians from the Horn of Africa. We have homegrown denominations [Church of Christ, Scientist; Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, otherwise known as Mormons]. We have, particularly in our cities, significant minority populations of Jews, Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. We have a smattering of atheists, deists, and freethinkers. In short, as a land of over 300 million people, we are quite diverse.

This book presents a timely and alarming portrait of a relatively new phenomenon in American social and political life---a movement of anti-rational, anti-democratic, anti-republican, anti-secular "Christian Nationalists," which has enjoyed unprecedented power over our national life during the past several years. The movement's ideology is not necessarily new, but the ruthlessness with which its adherents pursue the destruction of science, the rewriting of history, the exclusion "non-Christians" from the polity, and the attempt to impose a theocracy where once a democratic republic stood, is something quite new in the US. The key to understanding the various strands of the "Christian right" is the concept of "dominion," which holds that the US is not merely a nation with a Christian majority, but that it is [and has always been] a "Christian nation," subject to Biblical injunction, which must be ruled only by "Christians," narrowly-defined. It denies the power of the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which does not permit the establishment of a national religion, and the 14th Amendment, which applies the First Amendment to the 50 states. It denies the very words of the Constitution, which expressly prohibits a religious test for public office.

The movement's modus operandi is accusation, fear, and propaganda. The movement's currency is lies, repeated over and over, since, for many of the movement's adherents, it is perfectly permissible to lie in the quest to build a "Christian" America.

Rather than searching and analyzing scripture in a personal quest to determine truth, goodness, piety, or even God's will, these so-called "Christians" start with a right-wing political and social agenda [anti-evolution, anti-feminist, anti-income-tax] then try to find an out-of-context quote from the Bible to support their political ideology. Sounds a lot like the Taliban.

Goldberg [no relation] sees the movement as a precursor to an American fascism, in light of its dissemination of violent rhetoric against liberals, members of the judiciary, scientists, and doctors, the actual violence it has inspired or condoned, its grasp for total power, its "us-against-them" mentality, and the headway it has made among the uprooted exurbanites of 21st-century America. She traces the roots of the movement, and the background of many of the movement's leaders, to more traditional racist, anti-Semitic, and fascist organizations in the US prevalent in the 1950s through the 1980s, and lays out a strategy for all persons of good faith [left, center, right; religious, irreligious] to counter the danger and hysteria surrounding this movement.

All should read this book, lest they wish to discover what life, as lived in the fictional "Gilead" of Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale," is really like.
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Nov 09, 2011 Lee Harmon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Goldberg, a secular Jew, provides a hard-nosed look at the agendas and power of ultra-conservative Christian organizations in the United States. Goldberg calls this trend “Christian Nationalism,” after the openly-stated goal of many fundamentalist leaders to “take back America.” From, of course, the gays, the morally decadent (such as distributors of birth control), the Darwin-lovers, and the unpatriotic atheists who believe in separation of church and state.

Goldberg comes on strong and occasion...more Goldberg, a secular Jew, provides a hard-nosed look at the agendas and power of ultra-conservative Christian organizations in the United States. Goldberg calls this trend “Christian Nationalism,” after the openly-stated goal of many fundamentalist leaders to “take back America.” From, of course, the gays, the morally decadent (such as distributors of birth control), the Darwin-lovers, and the unpatriotic atheists who believe in separation of church and state.

Goldberg comes on strong and occasionally a bit sarcastic—for example, she bemoans the way Intelligent Design proponents have flaunted academic degrees to present their theories as “something more respectable than creationism in drag”—but her anti-fundamentalist rhetoric may not be overstated at all. Her research exposes the very real underground motives of the religious right, who feel bound by their beliefs to combat a spiritually bankrupt nation. There’s no greater motivation than the conviction that one is following God’s explicit orders.

“Dominion theologians” nationwide take Genesis 1:26-28 (where God tells Adam to assume dominion of the world) as scriptural direction for Christians to assume control by divine right. The Christian duty is to seize it. Evangelists with crazed followings preach that the separation between religion and politics is “what Satan likes most,” and call for a regime that will clean up the “dung-eating dogs” (gays). Jews better repent, too, since the holocaust God planned didn’t seem to get through to them. But more dangerous than these extremists are the everyday right-wingers who are raised to carefully infiltrate government and the Judicial bench for the good of Christ, so that that our nation can be set right … so that we can quit handing out condoms, quit treating gays like they’re equals, quit pretending evolution is more scientific than creationism. Under President Bush’s lead, government grant money by the millions poured into these agendas. The back cover promises a “witty, funny” read, but I couldn’t laugh. Religion-gone-bad is jaw-droppingly frightening, and this is a hard book to put down.

Goldberg calls for action. She explains that “the anxieties that underlay Christian nationalism’s appeal—fears about social breakdown, marital instability, and cultural decline—are real. They should be acknowledged and, whenever possible, addressed. But as long as the movement aims at the destruction of secular society and the political enforcement of its theology, it has to be battled, not comforted and appeased.”(less)

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May 20, 2013 Danusha Goska rated it 1 of 5 stars

Michelle Goldberg does not like Christians. Michelle Goldberg thinks that Christians smell bad. Michelle Goldberg gets an icky feeling when she stands next to a Christian, and, later, Michelle Goldberg is sure that Christian cooties crawl up and down her body. Ew. Michelle Goldberg needs to take a long, hot shower.

All is not lost. Michelle Goldberg is a liberal. A progressive. A multiculturalist. Michelle Goldberg celebrates diversity.

So, Michelle Goldberg met with Christians, and they were nice...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Nicholas Pell rated it 3 of 5 stars

I read this book really fast, in less than a day. I think that's definitely one of its strong suits: It makes all the information easily digestible.

Kingdom Coming is about the rise of what the author calls "Christian nationalism" in the United States. This is an umbrella term which eliminates the finer theological differences between, for example, Charismatic Christians and Christian Reconstructionists. One thing a reader ought to walk away from the book realizing is that these differences don'...more

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Aug 03, 2012 Gregory Soderberg rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Michelle Goldberg is no friend of the Christian Right. She documents the inner-workings and the agenda of ultra-conservatives (among whom I would number myself on most of the "hot topic" issues). She has clearly done her homework, and I really appreciated her efforts to see the world through a different set of eyes. And this is the chief value I found in this book--Goldberg doesn't try to whitewash the irreconcilable issues that divide conservatives and liberals. She recognizes there is an epist...more

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Mar 23, 2011 Mamamilkshake rated it 3 of 5 stars

"Kingdom Coming" serves as a brief and simple read that provides a terrifying and gripping introduction to the Christian nationalism movement that is quickly spreading like forest fire in the United States. The movement is a fascist monster that seeks to undermine the pluralism and liberalism for which our nation has always supported and feels deeply persecuted by the mere existence of religious minorities, non-believers, liberal Christians, and others who not subscribe to conservative evangelic...more

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Apr 21, 2012 Ryan Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars

This bit of research is more reasoned and evenly-considered than its detractors will ever be capable of giving it credit for. It's astute, genuinely thought out and leaves no room for accusations of laziness or, even worse, mischaracterization. What's truly terrifying is how little those she has researched would probably take issue with in Goldberg's portrayal.

Reading this a few years after its publication, it's telling how prescient this book was. Many of Goldberg's predictions have proved acc...more

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Jul 25, 2008 Lori rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: nonfiction, scary-religion

I learned quite a bit about a group of people who call themselves Christian Reconstructionists, who want to build that bridge to the 10th century. Scary stuff. If you are female, gay, want to control the number of children you have or just want to live in the good ol' state separated from church, formally know as the U.S. -- maybe you should read about what these fanatics have planned for the rest of us.

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Nov 05, 2009 Micah rated it 1 of 5 stars

I thought this book might tell me something I didn't know already, but it was mostly just a slam on US Christian fundamentalism. The author attempted to present herself as a balanced observer, but it was obvious very quickly that she had a bone to pick and did not seem to have enough background in the culture(s) that she was critiquing.

Ultimately, while I sympathize with her distrust of the quasi-fascist, fundamentalist wing of American Christianity, I thought the book was weak in that she didn'...more

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Jul 06, 2009 Nathan rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Goldberg is not exactly an unbiased observer; she is a liberal and a secular Jew whose positions are inherently opposed to those that power the movement she studies. A few of the links of her vast right-wing conspiracy seem a little tenuous and her tone is intermittently alarmist. Still, the issues she raises are relevant and the dangers she predicts are nothing to sneeze at; she's biased, but by and large, she's biased against a movement that is incredibly odious. This book was personally very...more

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Jan 28, 2012 Paul rated it 3 of 5 stars

A very quick and easy read about the rise fundamentalist Christianity. We're not talking about the "let's go to church on Sunday and forget everything during the week" crowd. This is about the forces of the evangelical movement and political figures who have looked for and found ways to subvert our secular values-attacking science in the classroom, enforcing clearly religious edicts in government, and acting as morality enforcers.

It was a subject which I hadn't really thought about before or had...more

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Oct 04, 2011 سلمان rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 07, 2012 Joe Henry rated it 3 of 5 stars

Well, start by reading Lee Harmon's review (as well as others) on goodreads.com. He gave it 5 stars and did a great job, as usual, with his review. Why should I try to summarize the gist of the book, when he has done it so well.

I gave it 3 stars partly from gut feel and partly because I had just previously finished Susan Jacoby's book, The Age of American Unreason, and I couldn't rate Goldberg's book higher than I rated Jacoby's. (Jacoby's book probably deserves more than I gave it.)

In fact, G...more Well, start by reading Lee Harmon's review (as well as others) on goodreads.com. He gave it 5 stars and did a great job, as usual, with his review. Why should I try to summarize the gist of the book, when he has done it so well.

I gave it 3 stars partly from gut feel and partly because I had just previously finished Susan Jacoby's book, The Age of American Unreason, and I couldn't rate Goldberg's book higher than I rated Jacoby's. (Jacoby's book probably deserves more than I gave it.)

In fact, Goldberg's book, copyrighted in 2006 & 2007 before Jacob's work in 2008, actually includes a promo blurb from Jacoby, as follows: "Michelle Goldberg takes us on a superbly reported inside tour of the far-out Christian Right, distinguished by its contempt for democracy in this world....This book should scare every American who cherishes our secular Constitution and its separation of church and state." Both books are well done and convincing. I just think Jacoby, although describing a broader range of phenomena over a longer period, just comes across as more nearly incontrovertible.

I was interested to see that Goldberg's mention as powerful and prophetic voice[s] against the [religious] right such as "Jim Wallis, the progressive evangelical who founded Sojourners, a ministry devoted to peace and social justice...Along with religious leaders like Bob Edgar, secretary general of the National Council of Churches, and C. Welton Gaddy, the Baptist minister who heads the Interfaith Alliance."

I was probably most intrigued by Goldman's idea that there will be a pendulum swing (my words). In the same way that those moving toward Christian nationalism felt that they had lost sway and began fighting back very effectively on the local level (winning seats on school boards and such), religious "progressives" may discover and resort to this strategy if they lose too much ground in the culture wars (gay rights, abortion vs choice, etc.)

In an epilogue dated December, 2006 (after the 2006 elections), Goldberg writes, "This book was written in the ugly year following the 2004 election, when much of what was decent in America seemed swamped by the forces that returned Bush to office and elevated a cadre of reactionary congressmen to buttress him. Now, though, some equilibrium has been restored to this country, and Christian nationalism is, for the moment, in retreat." She references a set of scandals and losses that were problematic for the far right in 2006. She did say "in retreat," and there may be some self-destructive tendencies among many of the politically ambitious of any/all stripes; but I reckon just about anyone who has been paying attention would agree that this struggle over the merger of church and state is far from over.

It astonishes me that some folks don't seem to understand the similarities of what they are pushing for as a Christian nation and what Islamic nationalists in other parts of the world are pushing as an Islamic republic. Are they really different? Do I really have to say more?

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Sep 08, 2011 Samrat rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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It's an interesting book, but much of it reads like an extended Salon article and I tend to think it would have been better as a series of online essays. I was already familiar with her premise from her frequent Rachel Maddow appearances and some online articles so there wasn't much new material here.

I was shocked (shocked! I tell ya) to realize that faith-based-initiative funding was still promoting hiring discrimination. I guess I'd assumed that, like the Salvation Army case described in the b...more It's an interesting book, but much of it reads like an extended Salon article and I tend to think it would have been better as a series of online essays. I was already familiar with her premise from her frequent Rachel Maddow appearances and some online articles so there wasn't much new material here.

I was shocked (shocked! I tell ya) to realize that faith-based-initiative funding was still promoting hiring discrimination. I guess I'd assumed that, like the Salvation Army case described in the book, these institutions getting government money for welfare projects had separate administrations for their religious and secular wings, with the social services portions mostly adhering to fair hiring laws (which still don't protect LGBT folks, ahem). If you don't get around to this book, do a little recreational googling on the topic of religious charities and federal funds.

I don't have much to say if someone wants to be a Christian, but I've got a lot to say when people want to make me a Christian or hold me to moral standards based on their theology. And that's happening: Goldberg has some really prescient remarks about access to abortion, science-denialism, etc.

The conclusion is an interesting meta chapter, very well-written, but parts of the book seem thin and rambling. There isn't much in here to convince committed conservatives or ideological moderates, but that obviously isn't her audience. (Other reviewers might keep in mind the distinction between bias and using facts that support your argument instead of going on off on tangents to prove how accepting some other Christians are, which yeah, of course, they are. (view spoiler))

So, it's good enough for what it is, but Kingdom Coming was written five years ago and the dominionist movement has gotten a lot of coverage in the last few years and months, especially with recent Michele Bachmann commentary, making the material a lot of, like, duhs and totally skippable if you've been paying attention.(less)

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Jun 10, 2007 Lori rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: any one who cares about the separation of church and state debate

Good read. (hahaha) It's brief, and includes some wonderful discussion of connections between right wing religio-political fanatacism and government politics/policy. Goldberg's concern in not wanting to sound alarmist doesn't quite translate into her analysis. But then again, it's difficult not to sound alarmist when legal precedents you hold near and dear can now so easily be overturned in the Supreme and federal courts. But this book is NO conspiracy theory!

Personally, I love the mention of O...more

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Jul 26, 2007 Katherine rated it 5 of 5 stars

For anyone who considers himself or herself to be well-versed in modern American politics, the bigger themes in this book are no surprise at all. There is a wealth of detail here, though, that I have not found anywhere else. Goldberg points towards some semblance of an explanation for why terrorist-fearing voters might make opposing gay marriage their political priority in 2004. There's lots of humor to be found and her in-detail interviews with the foot soldiers of the Christian right are nothi...more

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Apr 03, 2007 Chazzle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Kingdom Coming, by Michelle Goldberg - 3 stars; an exposee about the feverish political power grab of Christian evangelicals, especially by the so-called Christian Reconstructionists, who openly advocate an Old Testament theocracy in America; too detailed (too many names and dates), but still quite fascinating nonetheless; obviously, not for the Pat Robertson crowd. Sample excerpt, from page 1: "Michael Farris, the founder and president of the evangelical Patrick Henry College, calls his campaig...more

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Apr 02, 2009 Don rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a little scary.

Goldberg provides a broad survey of the rise of Christian nationalism in the U.S. I think that, in some respects, it's a bit over the top and slightly paranoid.

The other problem is, through no fault of Goldberg's, the portrayal of the political strength of the Christian right is outdated. Events move quickly and what appeared particularly problematic at the end of 2005, when this book was written, seems somewhat less worrisome now.

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Jul 03, 2011 Connie rated it 5 of 5 stars

What a great researcher and writer! She summarizes all the activities of the 'Christian' fundamentalists from the 80s to present, and also draws corollaries to their activities and focus in previous decades.

What a dangerous bunch. Worse than I had surmised. She does give some suggestions for future actions that sane and moderate people should take.

Highly recommended. I will re-read. I have it well-marked for future reference.

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Nov 16, 2010 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the second book I've read about Christian Nationalists, dominionist Christians of great power and wealth who are undermining democracy and reason in our country. Their influence in politics, and their intent, is to make the U.S. a strict Christian nation by passing legislation aimed at benefiting Christians and oppressing secularists and other religions, as well as installing biblical laws as U.S. laws by overtaking the Supreme Court.

This is Michelle Goldberg's first book. It's fair, ins...more

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Dec 05, 2008 Paul rated it 5 of 5 stars

Good book detailing the abuses of the "christian" bush administration and how it has pandered to the evangelical base in part responsible for his election, (if you really ignore the facts and believe he was elected{either time}).
More importantly, Ms. Goldberg does an excellent job of illuminating the dangerous changes being made in how federal dollars are spent and tied up with christian interests.

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Jan 05, 2012 Kevvy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Christian nationalists are slowly gaining influence in American government by filling elected and appointed positions with right-wing religious persons. Using American tax dollars to evangelize and put non-Christians and members of the gay community out of work. Problem reached zenith in Bush Administration; not enough coverage in the media.

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Jul 21, 2010 Peter Lindsay rated it 2 of 5 stars

Politically speaking I have a lot in common with the author, but this book is essentially a collection of quotes and name drops. I think it is a good first effort for Michelle Goldberg, but it lacked a coherent thread to tie the content together. The subject matter is not enough, there needs to be a strong thesis to carry this kind of investigative effort to a succesful end. At times it comes off disjointed and when she did succeed in getting me to want more, she takes off on a different topic.

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Apr 17, 2013 Christy rated it 5 of 5 stars

My only complaint: it's dated. 2006/2007 book on politics is a little old in 2013. The house and senate have changed hands. We have a different president.

But that was not an issue until the very end of the book.

I enjoyed this book. It spoke about things that I had taken notice of. It explained things very well. Good writing. Biased. But biased because of observations not because of prejudices. Not a fun read. The average person will not want to be on the beach with this book, but a good read....more

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Sep 16, 2008 Ryan rated it 3 of 5 stars

A frightening look inside Christian nationalism - the political ideology that teaches it's the holy duty of Christians to rule over non-believers by overthrowing (or changing) the current government to one based on Biblical Law. Actually, the goal of the movement is even greater, as it seeks to change society itself, not just government, into a new kingdom of God on Earth. The books touches on social wedge issues like abortion, intelligent design, the judicial system, and the separation of Churc...more

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Sep 03, 2010 Elyssa rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book made my blood boil and frightened me a great deal. I had to take breaks from reading it because it was upsetting, but I highly recommend it because I now have a much greater awareness of the Christian Nationalist movement and the power they are building in the cultural and political spectrum. Apparently, as a liberal secularist living in NYC, I am the enemy!

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Jan 29, 2010 Mark Wiliamson rated it 5 of 5 stars

Slightly terrifying but vital insight into a section of society that seem to me to want a world entirely different from the one in which I wish to live.

Extremely well written as well - calm & intelligent. Looking forward to reading more from this author

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Sep 10, 2009 Dan rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was a real eye-opener for me. Let us hope that Christian Nationalism doesn't reach the tipping point where it is practiced openly, for if it did, those holding contrary views would have to fear for their lives.

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Nov 07, 2007 Eric rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: all

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Michele Goldberg is a Salon.com reporter who is an excellent writer. I first heard her discussing the so-called "war on Christmas" that conservative talking head Bill O'Rielly (among others) was pushing so hard a few years back.

In this book, Goldberg discusses the concept of Christian Nationalism as she sees it manifested in the present day United States of America. Her critique of the rapture-oriented support base for the current administration is fascinating. She discusses issues surrounding...more

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