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HOLY TERROR: The Fundamentalist War on America's Freedoms in Religion, Politics, and Our Private Lives - New "Classic Edition"
In the 1980s, religion and politics, two forces that affect all our lives, locked arms in a concerted effort to seize power in government and overturn America's most basic constitutional the separation of church and state. Holy Terror was the first book to expose the coalition of fundamentalist Christians, right-wing ideologues and tech-savvy political strategists who use faith, fear and intimidation in their war on America’s freedoms and their drive to impose their beliefs on people and cultures worldwide.
In this classic edition of their acclaimed 1982 book, with a new preface by the authors, Conway and Siegelman reveal how the preachers and political operatives of the fundamentalist right use potent new communication technologies to raise vast sums of money, mobilize millions, elect zealous fundamentalists to public office, and advance far-right social and political goals. To research this new threat they term "holy terror," the authors criss-crossed the country and interviewed people on all sides of the from targeted senators and congressmen to disillusioned Christians appalled by the new political thrusts of their faith. More timely today than four decades ago, Conway and Siegelman’s astute and provocative findings are sure to arouse and enlighten readers of every persuasion.
CONTENTS
Preface to the Classic Edition
PART I—HOLY TERROR
1. Holy Terror
2. Slain in the Spirit
3. Potomac Fervor
4. Big Fathers
The Old-Timers
The Newcomers
The Prince of the Power of the Air
The Wiz
5. Religion and the Rise of the Fundamentalist Right
The Gang of Three
6. Target Practice
Rites to Life
Monkeyshines
The World’s Greatest Evil
7. The Gospel According to Bunker Hunt
8. Lamentations
PART II—COVERT OPERATIONS
9. Covert Operations
The Mindset of Ideological Fundamentalism
Tea and Sympathy with Sister Ruth
10. Babes in Toyland
God the Sponsor, God the Product
The Strange Case of Petition #RM-2493
The Black Marketplace of Ideas
11. Total Propaganda Comes Home
The German Model
The Soviet Model
The Chinese Model
The Fundamentalist Right Model
12. The Seizure of Power
The Man on the White Horse
Slouching Toward 1984
13. Spiritual Imperialism
The Multinationals
Religion Run Amok
14. On Faith, Fanaticism and the American Way
From the Preface to the 1984 Delta Books Edition
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
In this classic edition of their acclaimed 1982 book, with a new preface by the authors, Conway and Siegelman reveal how the preachers and political operatives of the fundamentalist right use potent new communication technologies to raise vast sums of money, mobilize millions, elect zealous fundamentalists to public office, and advance far-right social and political goals. To research this new threat they term "holy terror," the authors criss-crossed the country and interviewed people on all sides of the from targeted senators and congressmen to disillusioned Christians appalled by the new political thrusts of their faith. More timely today than four decades ago, Conway and Siegelman’s astute and provocative findings are sure to arouse and enlighten readers of every persuasion.
CONTENTS
Preface to the Classic Edition
PART I—HOLY TERROR
1. Holy Terror
2. Slain in the Spirit
3. Potomac Fervor
4. Big Fathers
The Old-Timers
The Newcomers
The Prince of the Power of the Air
The Wiz
5. Religion and the Rise of the Fundamentalist Right
The Gang of Three
6. Target Practice
Rites to Life
Monkeyshines
The World’s Greatest Evil
7. The Gospel According to Bunker Hunt
8. Lamentations
PART II—COVERT OPERATIONS
9. Covert Operations
The Mindset of Ideological Fundamentalism
Tea and Sympathy with Sister Ruth
10. Babes in Toyland
God the Sponsor, God the Product
The Strange Case of Petition #RM-2493
The Black Marketplace of Ideas
11. Total Propaganda Comes Home
The German Model
The Soviet Model
The Chinese Model
The Fundamentalist Right Model
12. The Seizure of Power
The Man on the White Horse
Slouching Toward 1984
13. Spiritual Imperialism
The Multinationals
Religion Run Amok
14. On Faith, Fanaticism and the American Way
From the Preface to the 1984 Delta Books Edition
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
393 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 14, 2024
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