Religious Right: The Greatest Threat to Democracy (Paperback)

from IslandDave

(this book was received as part of the Early Reviewers program). I'm interested in books on religion, politics, and society, and have read many over the years, including several excellent ones. Rather than a narrative style, this book delivers a coursework-style primer for people interested in th...

from TLCrawford

I requested this book from LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program because I already agreed with the title, the "Religious right : the biggest threat to democracy". The author, A, F. Alexander, was brought up and educated in the movement and I wanted an insiders view of it. When the author does thi...

from book58lover

I looked forward to receiving this book, hoping that I would learn more about the religious right than I knew, which is very little. I was so overwhelmed with information that I just stopped reading. It made me frightened, nauseous and apprehensive. To learn about people and organizations is one ...

from vpfluke

This is a polemical book that tries to thwart the continuing rise of the religious right in the United States. The key issue is the diminution of the separation of church and state in recent American history. Alexander finds this quite dismaying and indicates how groups like the Domininists and C...

from Fledgist

An examination of the activity of the religious right in American politics. It goes over pretty familiar ground -- Dominionists, right-wing fundamentalists, Reconstructionists, the Quiverfull movement. It is a bit heavy on the polemic, but anyone who is interested in understanding the movement fr...