Born Again: The Christian Right Globalized (Now trying to takeover UN)

[RamboLiberal]

I heard the author Rev. Jennifer Butler this morning on our local liberal talk radio - Lynn Cullen WPTT-1360 you can check http://www.stationcaster.com/stations/wptt/?d=AM this site tomorrow for podcast will be Lynn Cullen 9/28/06 1st hour. Book sounds like a good but frightening read.

From Amazon.com

Chip Berlet, Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates Co-author, Right-Wing Populism in America
'Butler pulls aside the veils of religiosity to show elitist ideologies... yet never stoops to caricature theology' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Book Description
-- A gripping investigation of the power of Christian Right worldwide --
The Christian Right wields massive political power in the United States and beyond. This is the first book to reveal the growing influence of the Christian Right within the United Nations.

Jennifer Butler -- who worked as Presbyterian Representative at the U.N. for nine years -- shows how Christian conservative groups are able to shape policy in every corner of the world.

Drawing on interviews with Christian Right leaders, she reveals how today's most powerful Christian Right organizations are building interfaith coalitions. At the United Nations, groups like Focus on the Family and Concerned Women for America work with Catholic, Mormon and Muslim allies to advance a conservative agenda. The United States has recently joined this alliance. President George W. Bush has given them a significant voice in shaping U.S. positions on issues including women's rights, reproductive health, human cloning, children's rights and AIDS.

In short, the Christian Right is globalizing -- a phenomenon that promises to challenge progressive social policy on a worldwide scale -- as well as transform the Christian Right itself.

'Jennifer Butler's sharp eye for critique and smooth handling of complexity makes her the ideal analyst the U.S. Christian Right. Butler pulls aside the veils of religiosity to show the mean-spirited and elitist ideologies, and yet she never stoops to caricature theology nor bash sincere religious belief.' Chip Berlet, Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates and co-author of Right-Wing Populism in America. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

[applegrove]

1. I live in Canada. The number of "new" storefront religious sites in the

cities is 4 times what it used to be. These are not churches so much as beach-heads. Very strange. Some of them really, really expensive buildings. Where does all the money come from? And when we all turn into Saudi Arabia where the rich control us with religion...will women be allowed to vote?

[MountainLaurel]

2. A similar read

That was quite excellent is "The Hijacking of Jesus" by an author whose name I believe is Wakefield.