I purchased this book from the sale shelf at the branch library because it is wished for by PBS comrades (who thus far are ignoring the offer until it ratchets down after two days). Flipping through it, I find the author seems to have a tongue in cheek style: "In 1991, God began rallying against the presidential hopes of Bill and Hillary Clinton. That didn't go so well. Two years later, God helped secure the support of Christians for Newt Gingrich's 'Contract With America.' It's unclear why God supprted Gingrich's plan, considering that the contract did not necessarily offer Christians any political kickback. In 1996, not even God believed that Bob Dole was a good presidential candidate or capable of beating Bill Clinton. In 1999, many among the Christian right were becoming discouraged. Among them was an early supporter of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority, Paul Weyrich. 'We got our people elected, but that did not result in the adoption of our agenda.'"
The book has several chapters about the 17th-19th Centuries. There are no illustrations except on the dj which recalls to me when DDE was president and the word was 'the family that prays together stays together.'
Given the recent news reports of the underside of the Southern Baptists, I would have been interested in reading how conservatives took it over (as they did the NRA, once an organization of hunters). Sadly, there is no index (and I have reduced my evaluation accordingly).

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