false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255902274m/554986.jpg 554986 5 <blockquote> <p> A journalist's penetrating look at the untold story of christian fundamentalism's most elite organization, a self-described invisible network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful </p> </blockquote> <p> They are the Family&#8212;fundamentalism's avant-garde, waging spiritual war in the halls of American power and around the globe. They consider themselves the new chosen&#8212;congressmen, generals, and foreign dictators who meet in confidential cells, to pray and plan for a "leadership led by God," to be won not by force but through "quiet diplomacy." Their base is a leafy estate overlooking the Potomac in Arlington, Virginia, and Jeff Sharlet is the only journalist to have reported from inside its walls. </p> <p> <i>The Family</i> is about the other half of American fundamentalist power&#8212;not its angry masses, but its sophisticated elites. Sharlet follows the story back to Abraham Vereide, an immigrant preacher who in 1935 organized a small group of businessmen sympathetic to European fascism, fusing the far right with his own polite but authoritarian faith. From that core, Vereide built an international network of fundamentalists who spoke the language of establishment power, a "family" that thrives to this day. In public, they host Prayer Breakfasts; in private, they preach a gospel of "biblical capitalism," military might, and American empire. Citing Hitler, Lenin, and Mao as leadership models, the Family's current leader, Doug Coe, declares, "We work with power where we can, build new power where we can't." </p> <p> Sharlet's discoveries dramatically challenge conventional wisdom about American fundamentalism, revealing its crucial role in the unraveling of the New Deal, the waging of the cold war, and the no-holds-barred economics of globalization. The question Sharlet believes we must ask is not "What do fundamentalists want?" but "What have they already done?" </p> <p> Part history, part investigative journalism, <i>The Family</i> is a compelling account of how fundamentalism came to be interwoven with American power, a story that stretches from the religious revivals that have shaken this nation from its beginning to fundamentalism's new frontiers. No other book about the right has exposed the Family or revealed its far-reaching impact on democracy, and no future reckoning of American fundamentalism will be able to ignore it. </p> 542198 book 1 6 2007 The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power total:212|5:46|4:81|3:60|2:18|1:7| 212 777 901 111 4 4 false false Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 11:40:58 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 16:02:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 5 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 13:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:19:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 17:20:55 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 06:23:36 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 20:18:45 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 20:36:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 06:55:48 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 06:56:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 15:07:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 05:37:23 -0700 2009 The Family was published, the "Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" is not a conspiracy. Rather, it is secret because it is discrete, and because it has been overlooked by journalists and the secular writers of American his...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 20:33:42 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 20:38:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 10:40:16 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 13:00:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 08 20:09:08 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 20:12:13 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 12:35:33 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 08:58:43 -0700 2009 - Jeff Sharlet
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