The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
by Jeff Sharlet
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Author: Jeff SharletBrand: MyBook
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-02
ISBN: 0060560053
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: "Jeff Sharlet has done evangelicals a favor by showing us that in the case of the Family, the emperor really is naked."
Summary: 5 Stars
Quoting Amicus Dei, Jeff Sharlet has done evangelicals a favor by showing us that in the case of the Family, the emperor really is naked. The argument which forms the basis for the Family -- that men of authority are there because God placed them there -- is a poor exegetical attempt to justify amoral power politics. If Jesus were to have adopted the philosophy of the Family, he would have worked with Herod, and he would have taken Pontius Pilate to lunch. And, when Satan tempted Christ by offering him raw political power, Jesus would have jumped at the chance because, as Doug Coe says, "we work with power where we can [and] build new power where we can't." Mr. Sharlet writes with a captivating clarity, weaving the story of the organization from the Family's own records housed at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. Once accessible to anyone, more recent documents are now off-limits to researchers because of Sharlet's articles and the inquiries of several international reporters, according to Sharlet. Secrecy creates the impression the Family has something to hide, which Sharlet's critics say they don't.
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