Grand theft Jesus : the hijacking of religion in America / Robert S. McElvaine.
"We're mad as Heaven, and we're not going to take it anymore!" declares historian Robert McElvaine in this passionate and often hilarious rallying cry for sincere Jesus followers. He lets us know that the extreme right wing won't be allowed to speak for all Christians any longer. This polemic blends...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
[2008], ©2008.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 322 pages ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Genesis: the second going of Christ
- "Easy Jesus" : be a "Christian" without sacrifice or good works!
- Amazing disgrace : blinded by the lite
- For Christ's sake! : we've got to stop these guys
- The greed creed : the Jesusless church of mammon
- Religion is the worst thing that happened to Christianity : Christianity morphs into Constantinianism
- "Well, then Jesus was wrong!" : X-a-Jesus : biblical inerrancy (except for what Jesus said)
- These are the people Jesus warned us about : the right reverends
- Jesus W. Christ! : the rise of the Xian right to political power
- Waiting for righty : the "divine" politics of division
- War is heaven? : backward pseudo-Christian soldiers
- Unintelligent design : the war against science
- All about Eve : some people claim that there's a woman to blame
- Revelation : let's put Christ back into Christianity : saving Xian's from the Jesus thieves.