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Thy kingdom come : how the religious right distorts the faith and threatens America, an Evangelical's lament / Randall Balmer.
Van Pelt Library BR115.P7 B15 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balmer, Randall Herbert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious right--United States.
- Religious right.
- Conservatism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- United States.
- Evangelicalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Evangelicalism.
- History.
- Christianity and politics--United States--History--20th century.
- Christianity and politics.
- Conservatism--Religious aspects--Christianity--Controversial literature.
- Conservatism.
- Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Controversial literature.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 242 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, [2006]
- Summary:
- The author of "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" returns with a searing examination of a new generation of evangelical leaders who have hijacked the Christian faith on behalf of the Republican Party.
- Contents:
- Bullies in the pulpit
- Strange bedfellows: the abortion myth, homosexuality, and the ruse of selective literalism
- Where have all the Baptists gone? : Roy's Rock, Roger Williams, and the First Amendment
- Deconstructing democracy: school vouchers, homeschooling, and the war on public education
- Creationism by design: the Religious Right's request for intellectual legitimacy
- - Voices in the wilderness: Evangelicals and the environment
- Taking the country back
- Decoding the rhetoric of the Religious Right.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465005195 :
- 9780465005192
- OCLC:
- 70236386
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