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Even quoting Susanna Wesley s 18th century opinions of Christian child rearing Lavin s approach was to ask for the stories of those who had been raised in a fundamentalist Christian home The pained accounts she heard fueled Lavin s coverage of the Christian right. Wild Faith book The picture Lavin draws is ugly Trump worshipers Women haters Racists Child abusers Abortion clinic bombers Insurrectionists Money lovers Book burners Self professed prophets Apocalypticism Witch hunting All of it is wrapped in the American flag in the name of Jesus Lavin s thesis is that these horribly deceived people are out to take over the nation for Christ.
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Is that it aims way to the right of most evangelicals while insinuating all evangelicals within its target I will list some of my qualms about Lavin s analysis from my perspective. Wild faithz Pro life evangelicals are not out to take away health care from women It is not their intention to keep women from access to a D C following a miscarriage Their motivation is to preserve the life of unborn children Lavin ignores mentioning the life of the unborn child altogether There needs to be a nuanced conversation regarding the encouragement of sexual responsibility in addition to state laws that protect women in the case of rape.
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But this review is long enough already Lavin makes one statement that gives me hope that she does not bake all evangelicals into the same pie There are many faithful people in this country who kiss the cross or take Communion and love their neighbor and keep up with old friends and listen to a nice sermon or two This is not a book about those people I just wish she had repeated it a few times to demonstrate that she sees a distinction and realizes that she is punching far right I have seen those on the far right lather up fear over the activities of the left From their fundamentalist pulpits they warn of population control.
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The fear of the mark of the beast and the concept of Trump as the biblical figure Cyrus certainly all make a lot sense when you realize how much of the country is operating under a book club run amok I would consider this a must read before the 2024 election Levin provides a critical prism through which the upcoming campaigning can be viewed Read it as a companion piece to Oreskes and Conway s The Big Myth for a truly unvarnished view of how the church has fought against the best interest of Americans for as long as it has been an institution under capitalism 0306829193 ARC for review To be published October 15.
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Talia Lavin is a freelance writer who has had bylines in the New Yorker the New Republic the New York Times Book Review the Washington Post the Village Voice and Profoundly anti racist and a nifty digital native Lavin possess the online skills needed to go behind the scenes of the digital white supremacist movement even if that does mean becoming the frequent target of extremist trolls and Fox News staff She lives in New York City. EBook Wild faithful This book packs a powerful punch It documents the rise and wants of the Christian Nationalism movement in the United States The author does a wonderful job of detailing what they want and how the right got into power. Wild faithz I thought each chapter was very detailed and provided a lot of introspection like do they truly believe this The author argues YES and don t ever forget it The last 4 chapters of the book threw me out of the research that the author did so painstakingly The author all of a sudden decided to put in peoples perspectives of growing up in an abusive evangelical family It was hard to read because no other chapters had first hand accounts nor did we get a differing perspective I felt that the author picked the most salacious the most stunning accounts Those last chapters left me perplexed as to why the author put them in For shock value Perhaps I really liked the book the research done and the way that it looked at the Rights rise in America. Wild Faith booking Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for this honest review 0306829193 In her upcoming book Wild Faith How the Christian Right is Taking Over America Talia Lavin details a dark dangerous picture of far right fundamentalist evangelical Christianity to be released just in time for the 2024 election In the afterword Lavin tips her hand a bit The spark which ignited this book was her viewing of the documentary The Way Down God Greed and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin The Remnant Fellowship founded and led by Shamblin following her rise to fame as a Christian diet guru is not your typical evangelical church Most evangelicals would be mortified to know that their church and their faith were being equated with that of Gwen Shamblin Lavin says The name of the church doesn t matter it was showy and excessive in its habits with a charismatic leader but that is true of many churches in this country Upon watching the documentary which features the unfortunate story of the death of a child due to parental maltreatment and the subsequent defense by Shamblin s church Lavin began to wonder about other children who grew up in similar circumstances This led her to listen to the voices of numerous ex evangelicals sharing the pain of being raised in far right abusive homes She heard the very real stories of people who had suffered under harsh treatment by parents who were church going Christ worshiping political conservatives Lavin rightly pins some blame for such abuse on evangelical teaching of the past by such names as Dobson and Gothard deny women s health care repress sexual expression beat your children radicalize the public school system reset equal rights and civil rights to pre 1950 s and take away your right to vote in free elections I don t deny that people like this exist I agree with Lavin that their agenda needs to be thwarted I believe that their idea of a Christian nation is not the freedom of religion established by our constitution Lavin s carefully researched and well written diagnosis of far right fundamentalist evangelical Christian nationalism and her fear that it will grow and take over our country is scary indeed. Wild Faith kindle unlimited The problem I have with the book as an evangelical pastor incest and life saving measures Many evangelicals are not fans of Donald Trump and would rather have other options Those who will vote for Trump do not defend him as a moral paragon but simply favor the policies of the Republican right In a choice currently between Joe Biden and Donald Trump many evangelicals feel forced to vote for Trump while holding their noses Some evangelicals will write in a name or leave the presidential ballot blank Evangelical Christians are not a solid voting bloc as imagined by those on the left. Book Wild faith Corporal punishment is practiced in many homes throughout our country Christian and non Christian Many evangelicals will use it as a last resort and do not agree with the likes of Bill Gothard Lavin asked for examples of physical abuse and she got them I would argue that they are the exception and not the norm as she implies. Wild Faith booklet When it comes to the apocalypse as taught in the Bible evangelical believers are divided Lavin s suggestions that post millennials are actively working to hasten Christ s return through political action and pre millennials have given up on the world and are waiting for Jesus to return are vastly over simplified. Book Wild faith evans Many evangelicals homeschool their children because they do not approve of the curriculum in their local public school system not because they are segregationist While the purported grooming of children sexually is an overreach it is true that public school systems around the country expose children to liberal gender and sexual education before many evangelical parents are comfortable The word evangelical comes from the Greek word for gospel or good news The desire of most evangelicals is to influence our culture through demonstrating the love of Jesus and sharing the good news Many evangelicals wish for our nation to be Christian in values but are not Christian nationalists Jesus came to bring in a spiritual kingdom not a physical one He encouraged the use of metaphorical weapons and not literal ones. Book Wild faith There is I could say euthanasia looting and rioting the removal of parental rights the demonization of meat open borders unrestricted pornography etc They warn us that these atheist libs are growing in number and influence They provide anecdotal evidence and tell the horror stories of those raised in such homes Without tempering her treatment of the evangelical right is it possible that Talia Lavin may likewise be fomenting fear from her pulpit on the left I stop short of this accusation but wish that she had made it clearer that she understands the distinctions and nuances within evangelicalism My thanks to Grand Central Publishing for providing me with an advance copy of Wild Faith for review 0306829193 Levin has done it again this time delving into the alarming world of Christian Nationalism and providing a terrifying window in how this groups extremist members envision the future of the country. Book Wild faith no While I could write forever about each new and alarming fact I learned in reading this book overall it traced an interesting history of how Christian Nationalism came to the forefront of American politics Intrinsic in this history is the way that the fight to make evangelical belief the required norm for all Americans has always left the far right on the wrong side of history Using Christian Values has been the shield for child abuse the fight against child labor laws book banning healthcare restrictions and preventing women from divorcing abusive spouses We see this mirrored everyday at every level from Moms for Liberty The Southern Poverty Law Center identified hate group working in local school committees to a heavily conservative Supreme Court placed by a grifter that Christians believe is a literal Biblical Figure sent to save the country Additionally for those of us not raised in any particular faith having this Wild Not Christian Faith has certainly made us all outsiders the book provided really important insight into just how religious extremists perceive American Politics I did not know that a period of biblical law would be required for ascension to the promised landbut it sure makes the fight for conservative judges make sense I did not know that the fall of Palestine to Israel is an important step in the path to biblical dominationbut it sure makes current global policy make sense The driving force behind the Satanic Panic 2024 Explores how the religious right with its toxic belief systems that are often segregationist anti woman anti child cult like and otherwise insane is attempting to take over the political process in America Can democracy survive The book begins with a nice quote in every age it has been the tyrant who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism or religion or both Eugene V Debs Honestly I found the people well let me make this clear Evangelical Christians are the people covered in this book not just your regular person who goes to church every so often to be so upsetting I could only read bits of this at a time before I would have to go off and do something else for awhile These are terrible awful people who feel they have the right to impose their religious beliefs on all of America Period In fact they think God ordains it From the Watchman s Decree recited at Flashpoint Live events headed by televangelist Kenneth Copeland We are God s ambassadors and spokespeople over the Earth We have been given the legal power from heaven and now exercise our authority Wait does the FBI know this And their great and shining light The man they believe has been placed here by God to do his work A man who has been multiple times has children with three wives cheated on his current wife with a porn star then paid her off resulting in 34 felony convictions who believes his wealth gives him the power to grab women by the pussy A fake Christian A they will tell you he s chosen WITH A STRAIGHT FACE The hypocrisy of that alone is enough to make every other belief they have questionable So some high points 14% of Americans identify as white Evangelical Protestants That is fifty million people 84% of them voted for Donald Trump in 2020 Forty one percent of Americans expect Jesus to return before 2050 Oh and they mostly believe in real demons Many of the leaders in this group advocate for theonomy where Biblical law would be the basis for all U. Book Wild faith S law Including stoning for adulterer Which is going to make campaigning really hard for Trump The mark of the beast has been identified a number of times including Gutenberg s moveable type Social Security numbers bar codes and bitcoin as well as the most recent monster the COVID vaccine In a 2023 referendum Ohio s citizens voted for an amendment to the Ohio constitution legalizing abortion The Republicans of the state legislature stated that they would override the voters and also any ruling of the state s courts Following changes to Florida law including the Don t Say Gay rule AP Psychology can no longer be taught in the state s high schools Evangelicals want to abolish no fault divorce which will make it much difficult for women and children to leave abusive households In the evangelical system the woman exists underneath the umbrella of the man and is to obey and submit to him Some evangelical leaders have counseled women that includes when a man is abusive to the wife Evangelist James Dobson said men cannot control their lust and the burden is upon women to ensure they do not fall into sexual sin The Boykin sisters give similar advice to unmarried women indicating that if rape occurs the women must have been giving signals and or not trying hard enough to stop it Dobson rises again and is joined by another popular speaker Debi Pearl in instructing parents to beat children who are as young as eight months old to make them behave Homeschooling is encouraged though 15% of children are taught by a parent who has an education of a high school diploma or less Each year there are reports of children in homeschool situations dying of neglect as there is no oversight These are just snippets of interest The evangelicals have scored a huge victory with the Dobbs decision and look to keep going They are dangerous they are determined and they are trying to do horrific things to America 0306829193
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An investigation into the rise of the Christian right over the last half century that lays out the grim vision Evangelicals are enforcing on our democracy All across America a storm is from book bans in school libraries to anti trans laws in state legislatures firebombings of abortion clinics and protests against gay rights The Christian right a political force in America for than half a century has never been powerful than it is right now and propelled Donald Trump to power and they won t stop until they ve refashioned America in their own image In Wild How the Christian Right is Taking Over America author Talia Lavin goes deep into the beliefs that motivate the Christian right from its segregationist past to a future riddled with apocalyptic visions Along the way she explores what motivates anti abortion terrorists the Christian Patriarchy movement with its desire to place all women under absolute male control the twisted theology that leads to rampant child abuse and the ways conspiracy theorists and extremist Christians influence each other to mutual political benefit Using primary sources and firsthand accounts Lavin introduces readers to deliverance ministers who carry out exorcisms by the hundred modern day self proclaimed prophets and apostles Christian militias cults zealots and showmen and the people in power who are aiding them to achieve their goals From school boards to the Supreme Court Christian theocracy is ascendant in America and only through exploring its motivations and impacts can we understand the crisis we face Can a multiracial democracy survive in the face of an organized fervent theocratic movement one that seeks to impose its religious beliefs on every citizen of this country whether they believe in Jesus or somebody else or no God at all Wild Faith How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America.