chicagoliz 's review for:

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet

4.0

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I finally finished this book, which I had started a few years ago, but then would have to read other books for various reasons, then it got lost for a while in a move, and then it had been so long since I had read it that it was difficult for me to pick it up again. I'm very glad that I did, though -- this is actually a fascinating look at the Right Wing radical Christian groups that have held power and outsized influence on our government for far longer than I had initially realized. This book was initially published in 2008, but it was even more interesting to read it now, in the age of Trump, to understand how and why we decided to elect a fascist authoritarian to run our country and how it is possible that throngs of people proclaim Trump to be a "great Christian."

I do recommend this book but it is chock full of details. It's one of those books where I felt like I should be taking notes.