C Street : the fundamentalist threat to American democracy / Jeff Sharlet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharlet, Jeff, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fundamentalism--Political aspects--United States.

Fundamentalism.

Fellowship Foundation (Washington, D.C.).

C Street Center (Washington, D.C.).

Fundamentalism--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

344 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown & Co., 2010.

Summary:

In Jeff Sharlet's bestselling book, The Family, he wrote about the "C Street House," a Washington, D.C., Christian fellowship home shared by a number of conservative politicians. In the summer of 2009, the house became infamous as the center of sex scandals involving three of its residents: Senator John Ensign, Governor Mark Sanford, and Congressman Chip Pickering. Sharlet is the leading expert on "the Family," and his undercover research and investigative work answers some of the country's biggest questions: how political fundamentalism endures in America; why, despite the collapse of the old Christian Right, it is as big a threat to democracy as ever before; and where, in a time of political upheaval and culture wars, fundamentalist politicians really intend to lead the country.--Publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-332) and index.

ISBN:

9780316091077

0316091073

OCLC:

548642162