Why the Christian Right Is Wrong: A Minister's Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith, Your Flag, Your Future

Preface vii

Introduction: The 9/11 Effect xi

Part One: The Speech Heard Round the World 1

Part Two: The Sin of Hypocrisy: Line by Line 11

1. Christians Don’t Start Wars, They Try to Stop Them 13

2. Missing in Action: The Sermon on the Mount 29

3. Rich Chicken Hawks for Jesus 45

4. Terminal False Dichotomies 63

5. The National Debt, Family Values, and Why They Hate Us 73

6. Homosexuals and the Politics of Death 87

7. “Pro-Life” Should Include Mother Nature 105

8. We Have Met the Enemy 117

9. Cleansing the Temple of U.S. Health Care 131

10. Christian Fascism and the War on Reason 141

Part Three: A Call to Nonvolent Resistance: How to Save the Country and the Church 157

Notes 189

The Author 203