Bibliograph

Grand theft Jesus, the hijacking of religion in America, Robert S. McElvaine

Type

Label

Grand theft Jesus, the hijacking of religion in America, Robert S. McElvaine

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-312) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Grand theft Jesus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

171151547

Responsibility statement

Robert S. McElvaine

Sub title

the hijacking of religion in America

Summary

"We're mad as Heaven, and we're not going to take it anymore!" declares historian Robert McElvaine in this passionate and often hilarious rallying cry for sincere Jesus followers. He lets us know that the extreme right wing won't be allowed to speak for all Christians any longer. This polemic blends outrage and humor to expose the televangelists and the leaders of megachurches as the people Jesus warned us about. The religion McElvaine calls ChristianityLite promises, "Be saved without sacrifice or good works!" Run by a crew of politicians, megachurch preachers, televangelists, hypocrites, and snake-oil salesmen, it has hijacked true Christianity and distorted it into something Jesus wouldn't recognize, a religion that advocates war and intolerance, values money above charity, preaches hatred instead of brotherhood, and promises "true" believers the keys to the gates of the kingdom of God--and to the bank.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Genesis: the second going of Christ -- "Easy Jesus" : be a "Christian" without sacrifice or good works! -- Amazing disgrace : blinded by the lite -- For Christ's sake! : we've got to stop these guys -- The greed creed : the Jesusless church of mammon -- Religion is the worst thing that happened to Christianity : Christianity morphs into Constantinianism -- "Well, then Jesus was wrong!" : X-a-Jesus : biblical inerrancy (except for what Jesus said) -- These are the people Jesus warned us about : the right reverends -- Jesus W. Christ! : the rise of the Xian right to political power -- Waiting for righty : the "divine" politics of division -- War is heaven? : backward pseudo-Christian soldiers -- Unintelligent design : the war against science -- All about Eve : some people claim that there's a woman to blame -- Revelation : let's put Christ back into Christianity : saving Xian's from the Jesus thieves

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