The most comprehensive treatment available, Spiritual Warfare, exposes the enduring political clout of the Christian Right, from its control of a multibillion dollar broadcast industry to its counterinsurgent “missionary” work in the Third World.
Starting where the superficial media coverage of TV preacher scandals left off, Diamond examines in riveting detail the movers and shakers of the Religious Right- the propagandists, fundraisers, and “freedom fighters” who aid and abet the most regressive U.S. government policies, both foreign and domestic.
In addition to an extensive treatment of religious broadcasting, Spiritual Warfare includes a harrowing description of authoritarian “shepherding” churches, as well as analyses of Christian Right activism in the Republican Party, the mobilization of anti-feminist women on “pro-family” issues, ongoing efforts to delegitimize progressive Christianity, and a multitude of “low intensity conflict” projects in Central America, southern Africa, and the Philippines.
This unsettling journey into the little known but extremely dangerous Christian Right is informed by extensive first-hand research- hundreds of interviews, attendance at scores of evangelical meetings, and more than a decade of monitoring religious broadcasting.
“Sara Diamond… has documented, footnoted and analyzed the meticulously planned moves of the Christian Right.”--Humanist in Canada
“Sara Diamond’s new book scares the living hell out of you. But that’s the point.”--University of Western Ontario Gazette
Sara diamond is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications and in programs produced for KPFA-Pacifica Radio. Ms. Diamond has also taught journalism at the University of California. She holds a B.A. in Spanish from the University of California, Irvine and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently pursuing her doctorate.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1- Media Empires
Chapter 2- To Rule and Reign
Chapter 3- Mobilization, not Liberation: Trends in the “Pro-Family” Movement
Chapter 4- Life in the Spirit
Chapter 5- Swords Against Plowshares
Chapter 6- Discipling the Nations
Chapter 7- Tearing Down Strongholds
Chapter 8- Racing Toward the Millennium
Glossary
Footnotes
Index
304 pages, index
Paperback ISBN: 0-921689-64-0 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 0-921689-65-9 $48.99
1990
