re: #1 freetoken

Michelle Goldberg’s book certainly got a lot of attention, both praise and hate, when she came out with it.

I’ve not read the book so won’t comment on the content, but I would note that Ms. Goldberg was quite young when she wrote it - not a bad thing (to be young), but her depth in knowledge of religion probably wasn’t enough to flesh out all the corners of the path this movement has gone down.

It’s important to remember that these ideas have always been around, but came into more prominence in American Christian circles with the rise of “fundamentalism” in the early part of the 20th century. The Fundamentalists were a reaction against the critiques of the Bible that had accumulated through textual (and historical and scientific) analysis of the Bible’s content.

The interview provides a very good outline of the religious right today and features many of the same figure we see today such as Barton, Lahay, Rushdoony, North and even mention of the John Birch Society. I would read it or seek it not as much for religious information (such as Dominionism) but the political aspect and context of the associated movements and personalities.