The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
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The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power is a 2008 book by American journalist Jeff Sharlet. The book investigates the political power of The Family or The Fellowship, a secretive fundamentalist Christian association led by Douglas Coe. Sharlet has said that the organization fetishizes power by comparing Jesus to "Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Bin Laden" as examples of leaders who change the world through the strength of the covenants they had forged with their "brothers".[1][2][3][4] It was published by HarperCollins.
Author | Jeff Sharlet |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Political power of the Christian Right |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | May 20, 2008 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 464 |
ISBN | 978-0-06-055979-3 |
OCLC | 148887452 |
One year after the book's initial publication, the sex scandals of prominent members of the Family, Nevada Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, as well as accusations that the Family was illegally subsidizing the rent of members of Congress and involved in the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would have imposed the death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda, thrust the notoriously secretive organization into the national spotlight.