What's Wrong With The Christian Right [Paperback]

Jan G. Linn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2004

With careful documentation, this book exposes the extent to which the Christian Right is influencing American politics, who its political allies are, the ways it is working to re-shape America into its own image, and the hypocrisy it practices in the process. The book also takes issue with the Christian Right's agenda on major issues, and the distorted image its extremism presents of Christianity. What's Wrong With The Christian Right is ultimately a call to all liberal minded people, especially people of faith, to join the effort to offset the Christian Right as the dominant religious voice in America today

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Several outstanding leaders in their field have commended the book to a wide reading audience. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, former General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ, calls the book "a must read." Dr. Albert Pennybacker, founder of the Clergy Leadership Network, describes it as "a book for these times." Dr. Arvid Lundy, retired from Los Alamos National Laboratories and a non-Christian agnostic, describes the book as "a joy to read." James Autry of People for the American Way describes it "a careful, thoughtful, well researched examination of those we call the Christian Right." --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Brown Walker Press (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581124244
• ISBN-13: 978-1581124248
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,550,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Powerful Exposé, June 28, 2004

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D. P. Polk (North Port, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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Christians in the US who do not share the convictions of the Christian Right often feel frustrated that the news media ignore us altogether. At last a bold and powerful voice has arisen to set a lot of records straight. Jan Linn's forceful and carefully reasoned analysis of what's wrong with the Christian Right sets out an agenda for dialogue that needs to be taken very seriously, especially in this pivotal election year. The demonizing of the opposition, the linking of a particular way of reading the Bible with in-your-face patriotism, the baptizing of a single brand of political engagement, all are exposed here with page-turning potency. What Paul Waldman has done on presidential fraud and Al Franken on lying liars, Jan Linn has done on the radically politicized right wing of American Christianity. And not a moment too soon!

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read, especailly for Mainstream Christians, June 30, 2004

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Mark MacWhorter (Maple Grove, MN United States) - See all my reviews

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This book offers another viewpoint of Christian thinking by challenging the thoughts of the Christian Right and exposing the non-bibical and political agenda that are behind their ways of thnking and acting. This book is very enlighhtening and thought provoking. As the author states, 'Enough is Enough.'

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Intellectual and Spiritual Journey, July 23, 2004

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Alice A. Lundy (Apple Valley, MN) - See all my reviews
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Anyone who has ever hesitated, or even squirmed quietly, upon hearing the Christian Right define God or Christianity MUST read this book. It will spring your eyes and mind open, reminding you of what you already knew and factually detailing things you were afraid to learn. It will make you angry as it pulls the curtain on the play that's been twisting cherished American values. By the end, you will have taken an intellectual and spiritual journey of which you can be proud. You will find yourself saying, "Thank God this book was written."