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James Dobson's War on America
Alexander-Moegerle, Gil
Prometheus Books, 1997, 157392122X
Hardcover
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"This book is an excellant resource for understanding the structure of the religious right. I found it very enlightening, entertaining and hopeful."Poppy Dixon,
PostFundamentalist Press
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Out of the Garden:
Women Writers on the Bible
Buchmann, Christina and Spiegel, Celina
Fawcett Columbine Publishing, 1994, 0-449-91017-2
Paperback
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"The startling, fearless essays in 'Out of the Garden' are proof that if more women had been allowed to contribute to the writing of the original text, the Bible would be an even stronger work than it already is." David Rosenberg,
Author of "The Lost Book of Paradise"
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When Time Shall Be No More:
Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture
Boyer, Paul
Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 1992, 0-674-95129-8
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"Paul Boyer traces the roots and branches of the rich, strange complex of biblical exegesis and twisted journalism that he calls 'prophecy belief.' 'When Time Shall Be No More' exhaustively describes a strange species of rabid predictions of the wrath to come." Anthony Grafton,
New Republic |
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Spiritual Warfare:
The Politics of the Christian Right
Diamond, Sara
South End Press, 1989, 0-8960-361-6
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The most comprehensive treatment available, 'Spiritual Warfare' exposes the enduring political clout of the Christian Right, from its control of a multibillion dollar broadcast industry to its counterinsurgent 'missionary work' in the Third World. |
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Facing the Wrath:
Confronting the Right in Dangerous Times
Diamond, Sara
Common Courage Press, 1996, 1-56751-078-7
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From 'family values', dominion theology and abortion politics to xenophobia, homophobia and free market environmentalism, Sara Diamond reveals in chilling detail what the Right's agenda means for the United States. |
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The Last Days of Christ the Vampire
J. G. Eccarius
III Publishing, 1988, 0-9622937-0-9
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A fanciful novel speculating on the viral nature of Christianity and the foundation it has provided for modern vampyre myths. |
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The Dark Side of Christian History
Ellerbe, Helen
Morningstar Books, 1995, 0-9644873-4-9
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"This is simply a book that everyone must sit down and read. At a time when the so called 'religious right' asserts that Christian values will save society from its rampant sins, the ordinary citizen should know exactly how the Christian Church has attempted to 'save' societies in the past. It is a grim lesson, but one that it is imperative to absorb. Doing so could save lives. Alice Walker
Author of 'The Color Purple' |
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Essential Works of Socialism
Howe, Irving, Editor
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 000832632
Paperback; Out of print, will order |
Includes Paul Lafargue's 1883 essay, based on the Holy Scripture, "The Right to Be Lazy." See our May 1997 issue. |
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The Bible Tells Me So:
Uses and Abuses of Holy Scripture
Jim Hill, Rand Cheadle
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Both sides of every story in an easy-to-read, illustrated form. Provides historical perspectives of Bible interpretations. This is the best book available on the subject or else it isn't. |
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Material Christianity:
Religion and Popular Culture in America
McDannell, Colleen
Yale University Press, 1995, 0300064403
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"One of the most important books in the study of American religion to appear in some time. Gracefully written, it offers a powerful alternative model for envisioning what counts as 'religious' in American culture." Edward T. Linenthal
Author of 'Preserving Memory:
The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum |
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Downsize This!
Random Threats from an Unarmed American
Moore, Michael
Crown Publishing, 1996, 051770739X
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This book is the perfect antidote for those times when you feel that you are the only one that cares what happens to this country, its citizens, the people of the world and the planet. Michael Moore tempers his exposés with humor and his own special brand of compassion. |
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Selling God:
American Religion in the Marketplace of Culture
Moore, R. Laurence
Oxford University Press, 1994, 0-19-509838-2
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"Only in America was Christianity hawked as a 'bargain.' The astonishing results reach from the 1790s to the 1990s and are splendidly scrutinized in this subtle, discerning, and witty book. A real treat!" Jon Butler
Yale University |
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The Gnostic Gospels
Pagels, Elaine
Vintage Books, 1989, 0-679-72453-2
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"The first major and eminently readable book on gnosticism benefiting from the discovery in 1945 of a collection of Gnostic Christian texts at Nag hammadi in Egypt." The New York Times Book Review |
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Sex, Dissidence and Damnation:
Minority Groups in the Middle Ages
Richards, Jeffrey
Routledge, 1994, 0-415-07147-X
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"A delight: at once scholarly and readable, erudite and entertaining . . . a work sure to inform, enlighten and entertain both specialists and general readers." Gay and Lesbian Humanist |
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Born of a Woman:
A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus
Spong, John Shelby
Harper Collins, 1992, 0-06-067513-6
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"These are fascinating speculations, informed by first-rate scholarship and inspired by religious faith. Even as Spong restores a flesh-and-blood humanity to the mother of Jesus, he reaffirms Mary's importance in the Christian scheme of salvation and beautifully reincarnates her as a feminine aspect of God." Ron Hansen,
Author of 'Mariette in Ecstasy' |
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Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism:
A Bishop Rethings the Meaning of Scripture
Spong, John Shelby
Harper Collins, 1991, 0-06-067518-7
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"I hold the bible before my readers seeking boldly to free it from the clutches of a mindless leteralism and, at the same time, presenting it as a dramatic and exciting document whose relevance for our day is both mighty and real." John Shelby Spong |
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How They Do It
Wallace, Robert Ardell
William Morrow & Co
Paperback |
If you've ever thought about drawing moral models from nature for human sexuality this book will be a BIG letdown. Sex in the animal kingdom is incredibly varied and complex. Check out the review, Human Sexual Behavior and Natural Law. |
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Under God:
Religion and American Politics
Wills, Garry
Simon and Schuster, 1990
[Out of Print], Paperback |
"A prodigious feat of research and popular history . . . From here on, no scholar or journalist will be able to confront the history of the eighties without stoppiing off at 'Innocents at Home.'" Time |
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