false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172178007m/146071.jpg 146071 2 <B>"A potent wakeup call to pluralists in the coming showdown with Christian nationalists."&#151;<I>Publishers Weekly</I>, starred review</B><BR><BR>Michelle Goldberg, a senior political reporter for <I>Salon.com</I>, 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.<BR><BR>In <I>Kingdom Coming</I>, 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.<BR><BR>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, <I>Kingdom Coming</I> brings us face to face with the irrational forces that are remaking much of America. 1069464 book 2006 Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism total:162|5:52|4:64|3:39|2:6|1:1| 162 646 296 41 2 3 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 09:38:43 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 09:42:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 true true Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 09:03:48 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 13:30:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jul 25 20:04:41 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 20:09:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 13:45:18 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 13:52:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 13:56:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 14:06:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jun 10 06:10:44 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 06:55:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 21:34:42 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 14:18:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 03 11:45:28 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 11:45:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 19:48:29 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 19:52:50 -0700 2009
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 strengt...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 05 09:31:54 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 09:34:37 -0800 2008 More importantly, Ms. Goldberg does an excellent job o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 13:24:24 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 20:35:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 10 08:25:35 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:33:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 07 11:36:14 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 11:42:46 -0800 2007 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.

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