[bksvol-discuss] Re: new bestsellers for today
- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:31:07 -0500
Hi Sue,
Here's what I found on bn.com concerning The Family, by Jeff Sharlet.
Blessings.
Lynn I
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The Family : The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
by Jeff Sharlet
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780060560058Pub. Date: 06/02/2009
Synopsis
They are "the Family" -- soldiers in the army of God, waging spiritual war
in the halls of American power. Their base is a quiet, leafy estate along
the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, and Jeff Sharlet is the only
journalist to have reported from inside its walls. His experience with
fundamentalist Christianity's elite corps launched him into a deeper
examination of the movement's roots in American history, and its surprising
allies past and present, including Dwight D. Eisenhower, dictators from
Indonesia to El Salvador, and present-day politicians from both sides of the
aisle. THE FAMILY dramatically revises conventional wisdom about American
fundamentalism, revealing its crucial role in the unraveling of the New
Deal, the creation of the Cold War, the no-holds-barred economics of
globalization, and the slow but steady destruction of the wall of separation
between church and state .
Part history, part investigative journalism, THE FAMILY is an eye-opening,
elegantly written examination of the spiritual awakenings that have
convulsed this nation, making a powerful case that these awakenings -- from
Jonathan Edwards' belief that "We are sinners in the hands of an angry God"
to today's alarming nexus of church and state -- are manifestations of an
American mood that has been present since the beginning.
The author lived undercover with the Family at their house "Ivanwald" in
Arlington, Virginia, and an article about his experience appeared as a
feature article in Harper's (March 2003). His subsequent work on elite
Christian fundamentalism has appeared regularly in Harper's and Rolling
Stone.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new bestsellers for today
Does anyone know what "The Family" is about? I tried to google it but no
luck.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denise Thompson" <deniset@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:57 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new bestsellers for today
I'm excited to hear you're getting Fire and Ice by Jance. I'm a Jance
fan and I was hoping I wouldn't have to scan it myself.
Denise
At 01:25 PM 7/31/2009, you wrote:
>Hi gang,
>
>Looks like there are 5 new books for me to get today:
>
>Hardcover Fiction
>THE DEFECTOR, by Daniel Silva
>TWENTIES GIRL, by Sophie Kinsella
>FIRE AND ICE, by J. A. Jance
>
>Hardcover Non-Fiction
>A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE, by Lawrence G. McDonald
>
>Paperback Non-Fiction
>THE FAMILY, by Jeff Sharlet
>
>Thanks, Carrie
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