C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy - Softcover

Sharlet, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316120561 ISBN 13: 9780316120562

Publisher: Little, Brown US, 2010

Synopsis

The "brilliant, courageous" book (Washington Post) that inspired the Netflix documentary series The Family and reveals the secret influence of fundamentalism in American politics.
The author of the runaway paperback bestseller The Family returns with a blistering investigation of the true influence of fundamentalism in American politics.
Jeff Sharlet is the only journalist to report from inside the C Street House, the Fellowship residence known by its Washington, D.C., address. This luxury townhouse, recently the setting of notorious political scandal, is more crucially home to efforts to transform American democracy.

After laying bare the Fellowship's history in his runaway bestseller The Family, Sharlet now shows that past efforts of America's religious fundamentalists pale in comparison to their long-term ambitions today.

In C STREET Sharlet reveals why culture wars endure and why they matter now--from the American-backed war on gays in Uganda to the battle for the soul of America's armed forces. Drawing on exclusive sources and explosive, newly disclosed documents, Sharlet exposes not the last gasp of old-time religion but the new front lines of American fundamentalism.

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Review:

"[Sharlet] writes with insight, verve, and, thankfully, none of the bogus punditry and bad sociology that often passes for informed discourse about the contemporary role of religion in public life. His refreshing narrative style is as engaging as his groundbreaking information."--Frederick Clarkson, The Public Eye

Book Description:

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Family returns with a blistering investigation of the true influence and reach of fundamentalism in American politics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown US
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0316120561
• ISBN 13: 9780316120562
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480