“Must Reads” by Experts on Dominionism

Mikey Weinstein’s “With God on Our Side” – A personal story about the discrimination that non-Dominionists endure in the military. He is founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and would still vote Republican if he felt the Party resembled what it used to be. Mikey served as legal counsel in the Reagan West Wing and is dedicated to fighting the notion within our military that we are in some kind of Holy War.

Chris Hedge’s “American Fascists – The Christian Right & the War on America” – a foreign correspondent in years past, he also has a history based in theology. Hedges provides an easy-to-read look into some of the nuts and bolts of this Movement after he attended actual events from coast to coast within the Dominionist community.

George E. Lowe’s “It Can Happen Here – A Fascist Christian America” VOLUMES I & II – Lowe has uniquely insightful information as a former intelligence officer whose experience spans from before the Kennedy administration through the Bush years. His details are unsettling, not the least of which are details of the Dominionists entrenched within our Pentagon.

Sara Diamond’s “Spritual Warfare – The Politics of the Christian Right” is my ‘bible’ on the origins of this activity and she wrote this in the late 1980s as a doctoral thesis and it is invaluable! She goes into great documented detail of the inter-connectedness of these religious extremists and some of our government agencies funded by our tax dollars.

Michele Goldberg’s “Kingdom Coming – The Rise of Christian Nationalism” – another eye-opening account from a journalistic perspective on the broad-reach the Christian Dominionists have in our culture and politics; and their subsequent influence.

Chris Rodda has become the countries foremost authority on the antics of David Barton & CO. who are busy re-writing America’s history and selling it through Glenn Beck on FOX TV. They know NO bounds! Her book, “Liars for Jesus” debunks their claims that we were founded as a Christian Nation & more.

Thomas Quinn writes “What Do You Do with a Chocolate Jesus” with humor, yet hits on serious discrepancies and implausible claims made by the most flamboyant versions of the accounting of Christ. As a “walk-away” himself, he speaks from experience about what it was like to be a part of a Dominionist community. I have had the pleasure of sharing a radio program with him and getting to know him better. You will find this a pleasure to read.

Tom Krattenmaker writes for the religious section of the national paper USA Today and exposes Dominionism in sports in his book, “Onward Christian Athletes”. We have all seen the pointing at the sky and plunging on bended knee as though God is at the game helping these guys win - (honestly!) Find out what is really going on in this exclusive club better known as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, who have had such notorious names as Sarah Palin, Curt Warner, Tim Tebow and many, many more.

Amazon says, “Journalist Blumenthal documents the movement of conservative evangelicals from the political wings to center stage, delving into the psyches of those who now lead a Republican Party “fixated on abortion, homosexuality and abstinence education; resentful and angry” in his book, “Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party”

Many have praised Sharlet’s 1st book, “The Family”. Here is one of those reviews, “This is a gripping, utterly original narrative about an influential evangelical elite that few Americans even know exists. . . . The Christian Right will never look the same again.” — Michael Kazin, author of A Godly Hero

Written by a former Republican strategist. Publisher’s Weekly said, “The title of political analyst Phillips’s latest book may overstate his case (in the text, he prefers the term “theocratic direction”), but his analysis likely will strike chords among those troubled by our current political moment.”