American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century

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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century

by Kevin Phillips

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An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of American Dynasty

In his two most recent bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that ruleand imperilthe United States, tracing the ever more alarmi

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May 16, 2008

J rated it

Every so often I get the craving to read political texts. The problem with this urge is that I have no interest in picking up the edited transcript/ghost written crap put out by Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Reilly, the frankly embarrassing Dinesh D’Souza, or the “Look at me! Look at me! Look at MEEEE!” shrillness that passes for the corporeal form of Ann Coulter. That’s what’s on offer on the right side of the spectrum.

Too frequently when I read a lefty’s political book of any kind, I fin...more

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May 17, 2008

Gwynneth rated it

Recommends it for: Thoughtful readers

Originally, this book was intended more for self-education on U.S. oil policy under the current president and its potential influence on the 2008 presidential elections, rather than for specific cemetery research. However, the author has built an historically informative and exhaustively researched “pyramid” comparing the rise and fall of several foundational empires (ancient Rome, Spain, the Dutch, Victorian & pre-1914 England that proved useful to this researcher) and detailing how those same...more

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Mar 11, 2009

Barry rated it

Mr. Phillips is a republican who served in the Nixon administration. I am a life-long democrat; nevertheless, I enjoyed his measured comments when he spoke on Morning Edition on NPR. Like many people, I found Mr. Bush to be a less than insightful president, so I thought that a book by Mr. Phillips, critical of the Bush administration, would be an analysis by the loyal opposition. Not so. Like so many Americans who have tired of divisive political rhetoric, I wanted to read the opinions and i...more

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Jan 24, 2009

Kevin Beary rated it

its incredible how accurately this book predicted the current economic realities we are currently experiencing , It was written over 3 years ago.
This book makes credible arguments that oil and religion have been the focus of our politics at the cost to the american people. I mean , we went into Iraq for Oil and we didn`t even get it ...the chinese won the first contract.
The direction and political decisions influenced by religion is staggering and scary.
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Feb 25, 2008

Danny rated it

Done with the book, yet still digesting... Despite my anti-religious bent, I am not quite ready to take all of the authors views on religion at face-value... Does Tim LeHay really represent such a strong force in the emerging evangelical movement? Is the proportion of literalists really as dangerously high as Phillips suggests? I sure hope not. Regardless, this book was a facinating read and well worth the time. I must agree that the rapid fire statistics sometimes tried my attention, but the ov...more

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Feb 14, 2008

matt rated it

Shelves: political-badassery, won-t-read-again, iraq-war

I really wanted to let this book help me make the argument that I (and a ton of other liberals) want to make: that George Bush the second is a religious freak who has his eyes on oil control and who manipulated the south and the general electorate through "culture war" to rig and steal his way to the presidency.

And it did. But not on its own merits.

the problem is, its not written terribly well. Philips knows his facts but he doesn't seem to know what to ...more

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Jan 30, 2008

Clif Hostetler rated it

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Phillips' articulates the concerns of many Americans that are troubled by the current blending of American religion and democracy. He moves on to assess the dangers oil diplomacy and excessive national and household debt. This book was written before the current home mortgage crises, but it clearly predicts that the real estate boom spurred by the Federal Reserve cannot continue. That now appears to be an easy prediction to make. So why weren't the bankers smart enough to anticipate it?
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Nov 04, 2011

Michael rated it

The third of Phillips' sequence of indictments of the Republican Party and the Bush family in particular. Phillips wrote The Emerging Republican Majority in 1969, which presciently identified the coalition of religious Southerners, big-business types, and economic libertarians that led the Republicans to electoral dominance throughout our lifetimes. Since 2000 he's increasingly become a dour analyst of the moral and societal failings of the Republican Party, and this book identifies America's tr...moreThe third of Phillips' sequence of indictments of the Republican Party and the Bush family in particular. Phillips wrote The Emerging Republican Majority in 1969, which presciently identified the coalition of religious Southerners, big-business types, and economic libertarians that led the Republicans to electoral dominance throughout our lifetimes. Since 2000 he's increasingly become a dour analyst of the moral and societal failings of the Republican Party, and this book identifies America's traits (increasing religiosity, dependence on foreign energy sources, and declining manufacturing base and reliance on the finance sector as a source of wealth) as identical to the traits of Spain in the 1500s, Holland in the 1600s, and Britain in the 1800s that led to their decline. The book is periodically heavy reading -- especially the discussion of the "financialization" of the economy -- but compelling and convincing. Obviously, the religion discussion has been done to death, and Phillips relies heavily on well-known analyses of the growing dominance of the Southern Baptist Convention and its allies -- Mornons, Assemblies of God, and various other right-wing Protestant denominations -- but it's frightening enough anyway. The oil argument, too, is increasingly prominent in the general discourse, although those of us who studied international energy politics recognized its reality a decade or more ago. But Phillips is really almost at his most frightening when discussing how our economy has shifted dramatically from first agriculture, to manufacturing, and at an ever-increasing pace, toward the FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate) sectors. This he ties to Spain, Holland, and Britain as a crucial and underrecognized factor contributing to their eventual declines as world powers. That's scary stuff. Oddly, although each of the components is either riveting or at least eye-opening, the conclusion is a rather tepid affair. He doesn't think the current alliance comprising the Republican base will last (safe bet to make in mid-2006) but fails to stake a claim on the question of whether the confluence of conservative religiosity, energy dependence, and dominance of the financial sector will really spell our doom in the long term.(less)

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Jul 27, 2010

Bluenose added it

I read this book in the summer and early fall of 2008 just as the credit markets were imploding and the Second Great Depression was dawning. After finishing the book I at least knew why it was happening. This didn’t make me feel any better about my lost wealth and I don’t know if it would have helped if I had read it when it was published in 2006. It’s certainly a lot scarier to read when Phillips’ predictions are fast becoming reality.

The title is a bit misleading and has more to do ...moreI read this book in the summer and early fall of 2008 just as the credit markets were imploding and the Second Great Depression was dawning. After finishing the book I at least knew why it was happening. This didn’t make me feel any better about my lost wealth and I don’t know if it would have helped if I had read it when it was published in 2006. It’s certainly a lot scarier to read when Phillips’ predictions are fast becoming reality.

The title is a bit misleading and has more to do with Phillips professional interest in Republican politics than it does rampant christerism. However, he‘s pretty convincing in linking the decline of American power to big oil, big finance and religion. That it is, in fact, happening right now only adds to his credibility.

Even the mildly informed know of the political clout of the devout - case in point, the presidency of G. W. Bush - and the long standing power of the oil and related industries. What may come as a surprise - well, maybe not after these past 2 months of 2008 - is the credit boom and growth of the financial industries and, more to the point, the wild growth since the 1980’s of the unregulated credit market.

Here’s a quote from a 2006 review by Christine Rosen of the Washington Post:

“Years from now, historians studying the early 21st century will be able to judge how many of Phillips's dire predictions proved prescient. Lately, even the Bush administration has given lip service to the idea that the country needs to reduce its dependence on foreign oil. But in his disillusionment with the GOP, Phillips has allowed intemperance to infect his analysis. As a result, what could have been a thoughtful critique has become yet another book that caters to partisan passions.”

Now there’s someone who missed the point. Phillips can be a pedantic lecturer but his arguments are well supported and his notion that greed and religion have enjoyed a passionate embrace in America for quite a while is entirely believable. American policies in general and Republican policies of the last 8 years in particular have encouraged credit fuelled consumption of everything including foreign oil and let the financial businesses package the whole thing into a very profitable and finally explosive mountain of debt. He saw no escape in 2006. He was right.(less)

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Aug 31, 2011

Barbara Lemaster rated it

Shelves: nonfiction

Kevin Phillips sounds a wake-up call for Americans in this cautionary book about religion, oil, and consumerism. The chapters on religion were the first I read, and I was disappointed. Not all Christians believe that the Earth was created in 6,000 years (I certainly don't) yet that point is constantly hammered home by Phillips. Not all Christians are young-earth creationists. Some believe in evolution; some don't. Any scientific theory--be it evolution, gravity, or relativity--should be question...more

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Jun 25, 2008

Erik rated it

This was given to me by my father. It's filled with brilliant insights into the looming pressence of religion and oil in our government's practices and backed up by endless research and examples throughout history. Bored me to tears, took me 2 months to read, and made me never want to read political non-fiction ever again. I rewarded myself after finishing it by reading "The Flanders Panel" by Arturo Perez-Reverte which was ever so satisfying.

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Aug 10, 2011

Tim added it

Thorough in research, expansive in scope, and prescient in it's predictions. This book should be required reading for Americans. Shows how the Republican party has pandered too, and been co-opted by the religious right, particularly the SBC. Goes into great detail the rise and falls of previous global hegemony's in Spain, the Netherlands and Britain, and how each failed to see the changes in the world, allowed manufacturing to leave their nations, moved toward finance as a basis of their economi...more

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Jan 28, 2010

Daniel rated it

My biggest problem with this book is that it was repetitive to the point of dullness. It took me forever to plod through. It is broken up into three sections that deal with American problems. The first two - our dependency on foreign oil and on the religious right - were well-hashed arguments that didn't really shed new light on any one topic. Phillips parallels our course with that of other lost empires and makes a convincing case but he makes it over and over and over.
This book was publi...more

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Jan 23, 2012

Adrian rated it

Shelves: economics-finance-business, nonfiction, politics-and-foreign-policy, religion-theology

A very troubling recognition of the symptoms of the disease that was Bush's America. Why oh why didn't more people read this sooner.

Does focus a bit on Bushian policies, but also on broader societal trends that started in the 1970s, and some earlier. Deepening worries of consumerism, fundamentalism, religion as intermediary in political issues, the greed for oil as political motivator. All of these topics are covered in greater detail in other books, but this one provides a solid ove...more

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Dec 20, 2011

Matthew Whitten rated it

On the whole, the author lays out a thoroughly researched and supported argument. Stylistically, it is written well and enjoyable. However, he does diverge into polemic at times, especially with respect to his discussion of evangelicalism. His analysis of evangelicalism betrays a lack of true scholarship into the subject. Evangelicalism is not as cohesive a movement as the author would make it out to be, i.e., at times he paints with too broad a brush. On the whole, though, the book is an e...more

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Jul 31, 2011

Ronald Wise rated it

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This book is full of facts that are hard to stomach, but of which I wish I could remember each and every one. Though it contains much concerning the prominence of fundamentalist Christianity in recent American politics, the more alarming details were of a purely economic nature. Some of the statistical trends cited from just the year 2000 to 2005 were shocking, and for me cast a new glaring light on the current sub-prime mortgage crisis. I've heard Phillips on NPR for decades now — His analyses ...more

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Jul 07, 2009

David rated it

This book suggests that the US will shortly lose its dominant world position and that fault for this can be laid at the feet of three culprits: the religious right, creditors, and Big Oil. This is a well researched political treatise that no doubt touches on many truths, but is essentially a journalist’s political perspective, lacking rigorous objective scrutiny. Much of the evidence is antidotal, and although I acknowledge its plentiful and often compelling, other conclusions and evidence cou...more

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Nov 14, 2009

Mike Vaughnwilliams rated it

The author employs his considerable knowledge of world and US historical events and draws parallels to recent American political trends to present a picture of a GOP that has been co-opted by the religious right. George Bush took this and ran with it, even implementing the end-times theories in the middle east and social policies that harken back to Puritan times. This book was written in 2005 pre-Obama but I would bet the Phillips wouldn't be surprised by some of the events leading up to the 20...more

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Jul 25, 2010

Gypsy Lady marked it as to-read

"In his two most recent books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that rule - and imperil - the United States, tracing the ever more alarming path of the emerging Republican majority's rise to power. Now Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the newest stage of the GOP majority: an inept and weakly led coalition, dominated by religious zealotry, that is losing America the world's respect ...more

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Oct 08, 2011

Sam rated it

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This starts out overtly critical of the Bush regime and the ties to oil, that can make it tough to get through even when you may agree with much of the claims. It feels too conspiratorial to be believed. It moves on the issues of the religious right and the increasing control they have won within the GOP. It finishes with a couple chapters on the increasing role of the financial industry in this country. I found myself checking the pub date to confirm that it indeed was printed prior to the fin...more

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Jun 19, 2011

Matt rated it

Oil, religion and debt are fueling our decline. Phillips, a former Republican strategist, doesn’t necessarily cover new ground with his book, but makes compelling arguments for our global position. Published about a year before the housing market crash, the book is prophetic enough to see the undermining of the U.S. economy by such instruments as derivatives and credit default swaps.

Repeatedly, Phillips looks to 15th century Spain, the 17th century Dutch Republic, 19th century Britis...moreOil, religion and debt are fueling our decline. Phillips, a former Republican strategist, doesn’t necessarily cover new ground with his book, but makes compelling arguments for our global position. Published about a year before the housing market crash, the book is prophetic enough to see the undermining of the U.S. economy by such instruments as derivatives and credit default swaps.

Repeatedly, Phillips looks to 15th century Spain, the 17th century Dutch Republic, 19th century British Empire and, of course, Rome to draw historic parallels. American dependence on oil is compared to British reliance on coal and the Dutch innovations with wind. U.S. political maneuvering over the last half-century has subtly, and sometimes not so subtly, sought control of oil supplies to maintain the dominance of the dollar.

Given the increasing radical religious population, the GOP has harnessed the rhetoric of what used to be fringe religious groups. Political leaders supporting increasingly outdated powerbrokers are all too happy to encourage religious radicalism that ultimately results in an obsession on social issues that do not seek to upset the current power structure (abortion, school prayer, etc,). As Phillips aptly states:

The evangelical, fundamentalist, sectarian, and radical threads of American religion are being proclaimed openly and analyzed widely, even though bluntness is frequently muted by a pseudo-tolerance, the polite reluctance to criticize another’s religion. However, given the wider thrust of religion’s claims on public life, this hesitance falls somewhere between unfortunate and dangerous.” pg. 100

The hubris associated with religious zeal, combined with a misguided notion of American exceptionalism, leads down the same path as other once-dominant nations.

Finally, debt remains at the core of the impending implosion. Manufacturing and real services have exported during the financialization of the American economy. Again, similar trends existed in Spain, the Netherlands and Britain. The idea that creating financial instruments, and jobs that are needed for those instruments, can be a real substitute for creation of value is the penultimate economic failure. Such an economy yields massive gains for the few while middle class wages stagnant and decline. Comparisons to more balanced manufacturing and service economies such as Germany, Switzerland and Japan place our production in a dismal light.

There seems little doubt that American dominance is ended. Current political trends do not seem to embrace the need for innovation in alternative energy technologies. Furthermore, the reactionary Tea Party movement focuses more on mere fiscal austerity and dismantling government than changes to encourage manufacturing. Deregulation has led to private tyrannies much more oppressive than our current government. An excellent book which articulates the political forces at play in our decline.(less)

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Jan 05, 2011

Trent rated it

Shelves: politics, non-fiction

As the US lumbers into a new decade, burdened with ongoing financial turmoil, foreclosures, trade deficits, rising oil prices, and growing national debt, surprisingly few voices spoke out about the incipient crises before they became reality, or pieced together sufficient historical and present day data to present a strong case for what the future holds. In this well-researched work however, Kevin Phillips manages to do just that.

From oil dependence, the Iraq war, and the debacle of th...moreAs the US lumbers into a new decade, burdened with ongoing financial turmoil, foreclosures, trade deficits, rising oil prices, and growing national debt, surprisingly few voices spoke out about the incipient crises before they became reality, or pieced together sufficient historical and present day data to present a strong case for what the future holds. In this well-researched work however, Kevin Phillips manages to do just that.

From oil dependence, the Iraq war, and the debacle of the Bush presidency, to credit default swaps, a housing bubble, and "too big to fail", Mr. Phillips identifies key issues that face(d) the American economy . . . at the time of researching and writing this comprehensive book in 2004-2005. If only those responsible for guiding the ship of state through turbulent economic and political waters would bother to read and learn from solid informational sources such as this, rather than relying on the guidance of hand-in-pocket consultants and corporate interests, a new direction might have been -- and still be -- possible. That's not to say this is some Nostradamian doomsday prediction, but rather an intelligent assembling of facts that all point, logically, in one direction, some of which forecasts have already come to pass, and others which may yet be preventable. Watching the ongoing political grandstanding in lieu of common sense however, leaves little hope for such a shift.

One of the most interesting elements of American Theocracy is the correlation of 20th Century American global dominance to the preceding Roman, Spanish, Dutch and English empires -- and their swift decline. It raises the very real question of where America will find herself in the 21st Century, absent significant change, as she follows in almost identical footsteps to those who have gone before.

Surprisingly, despite the title of the book, the role of religion is only a small portion of the whole, and even then, the true impact of such religious resurgence is difficult to assess, other than in its similarity to the role of religious beliefs in the decline of previous empires. Here too, Mr. Phillips does a masterful job of researching and compiling data to support his argument, but absent a solid knowledge of religious groups and denominations, this section makes for heavy reading, and doesn't sound the same alarm bell for change as the "Oil" and "Borrowed Money" segment. The "Radical Religion" aspect of modern day politics is certainly a concern, particularly in light of the Bush years and the rise of candidates like Palin and O' Donnell, but one likely to be alleviated by a revamped economic and political scenario.

While this book is likely to appeal to anyone interested in politics or economics, particularly as it pertains to the US today, this really should be read by a broader audience to create a more informed electorate. By understanding the real issues confronting our country (and what's taking place behind the scenes), we can ask the questions and cast the votes that guide us back on course.

Overall, I would have to say this has been one of the most significant political books I have read in some time, and highly recommend it to others.(less)

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Feb 11, 2010

David Rooker rated it

I'm not sure where to begin. At times I found myself skimming through parts of this book - particularly when the author got into polling data a little to deeply. But I was always interested. I do think this book has an important message. The oil part of the book is interesting, and laid out concisely. The borrowed money part is quite informed, but predated the 2008 crises to is somewhat dated. However, it was clear this author saw 2008 coming. The most terrifying part of the book is that ...more

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Dec 20, 2008

Tony duncan rated it

Shelves: politics, history, religion-spiritual, audio

This is an extremely researched book. This is avery good thing because it is well researched and there are so many interesting connections that are relevant to his thesis. Unfortunately there are so many that it was hard for even me to stay completely focused on all of them.

But here is a republican. An honest one that is interested in the truth who has looked at Amrican political history through three strands - Oil, religion, and finance, and comes away with a blistering critic of th...more

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Feb 27, 2008

Mark rated it

Shelves: the-detriment-of-religion

Phillips tries his best to put together three parts of a complex puzzle that (perhaps if we are honest with ourselves) we have all wondered about: oil, religion and the Republican party. His book is chock full of information tying all three together. The book is divided into three parts: 1. Oil and American Supremecy, 2. Too Many Preachers, 3. Borrowed Prosperity, and while all three parts are excellent in themselves, I believe that a better job could have been done in tying them all together....more

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Feb 05, 2012

James rated it

Recommends it for: Every citizen

Shelves: character-studies, culture-and-politics, economics, history, military, psychology, general-science-math-technology, spirituality-and-or-religion, environment-and-earth-sciences, philosophy

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Jan 26, 2012

Ronald rated it

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Kevin Phillips unleashes a riveting indictment of the American capitalist oligarchy... and he knows whereof he speaks, as he himself is a fallen-away protagonist of the trickle-down hypothesis of wealth distribution.
He traces the historical trajectory of "Every-empire," which is typically brought low by greedy global overreach, co-option of militant religion, and profit-motivated resource exploitation. Hmmm, sounds like he's talking about us!

His tell-all tome shoul...more

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Apr 12, 2008

Stewart rated it

This is one of the must-read books for an explanation as to why the United States has become what it is during the last 40 years. With historical examples from past centuries, Phillips examines the Religious Right, the petroleum-industrial complex, and this country's massive federal, corporate, and personal debt. Phillips is not a raving left-winger, but a Republican who no longer agrees with his party's values and who is seeing his country slide into decline.
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Jul 24, 2011

Natalie added it

An extremely well-researched book. There is so much information that it can be overwhelming and tedious at times, but if you can get through the slow parts, you will learn an insane amount about American politics, economy, and religion and how they all fit together. The title is interesting, but I was suprised to discover that religion takes up only half of the book. I trust Phillips a lot because of his diverse political background and even though it got heavy-handed at times, it was an informa...more

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Jul 26, 2011

H Wesselius rated it

Insightful. The section on religion, its influence and the sociology of American politics is the best. His description of the southern strategy and its effect is convincing especially since he helped create it. His attempt to tie it to oil and debt is less convincing. On their own, these sections are still interesting as are the historical analogies. The afterward where he contemplates the future of Republican electoral success and the possibility of a retreat into the Old South is interesting...more

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