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Author:

Sharlet, Jeff.

Title:

The family : the secret fundamentalism at the heart of American power / Jeff Sharlet.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperCollins,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

viii, 454 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Fundamentalism--Political aspects--United States.
Christianity and politics--United States.
Religious right--United States.
Christian conservatism--United States.
Church and state--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]- 432) and index.

Contents:

Awakenings. Ivanwald ; Experimental religion ; Revival machine -- Jesus plus nothing. Unit number one ; The F word ; The ministry of proper enlightenment ; The blob ; Vietnamization ; Jesus +0 = X ; Interesting blood -- The popular front. What everybody wants ; The romance of American fundamentalism ; Unschooling ; This is not the end.

Summary:

Draws on the author's experiences living undercover within the ranks of "the Family" theocratic group in Arlington, Virginia, to explore fundamentalism in America and its role in influencing democracy.

ISBN:

160751298X
9781607512981
0060560053 (pbk.)
9780060560058 (pbk.)
0060559799
9780060559793

OCLC:

(OCoLC)148887452

LCCN:

2008298576

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