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Lift High the Cross: Where White Supremacy and the Christian Right Converge

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I expected to take issue with Ms. Burlein's thesis but could not. In a time in which left-of-center politics dominates academic debate and ideology, I expected to read a knee-jerk review and condemnation of conservative values. I was pleasantly surprised.There was no brow-beating of those who value heterosexulaity over its counterpart nor was there any denigrating discussion of the traditional values of the "white right."

"Lift High the Cross" is an excellent academic discussion of a widely-held worldview. Whether to believe the proposition that Christian Right is an extension of the klan is left up to the reader to decide. Though I did not grow up in Ms. Burlein's region of the U.S. I now live and teach there, I can appreciate her desire to discuss in neutral language a very pressing issue facing our nation today.

After reading her book, I have a better understanding of many of the issues concerning white supremacy, some of which I had never considered until I read her book. In conclusion, I must say that although my political beliefs incline toward the right, at no time did her thesis make me feel "wrong" because of my personal politics. I recommend this book highly.