01587cam a2200241 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025020003500066040001800101042000900119043001200128082001500140100001900155245008500174260006100259300002100320500002000341504004100361520075300402650005801155650006701213650006501280435016120080715131110.0080404s2008 qea b 001 0 eng  a9780702236945 (pbk.) :c$34.95 aANLbengdANL aanuc an-us---04a270.822221 aSharlet, Jeff.14aThe Family :bpower, politics and fundamentalism's shadow elite /cJeff Sharlet. aSt Lucia, Qld. :bUniversity of Queensland Press,c2008. a454 p. ;c23 cm. aIncludes index. aIncludes bibliographical references. a"The Family is a story about American fundamentalism, but the territory it covers is as vast as the ambitions of American empire, ranging from The Family's roots in the ruins of postwar Germany to East Timor, where The Family helped Indonesian dictator Suharto pursue genocide, to Africa, where The Family's missionaries served as handmaidens to post-colonial carnage in Somalia, Ethiopia, South Africa, and other nations. The nihilistic theology by which American fundamentalism pursues power, is not a retreat into tradition, but a new ideology with old roots. The Family is a groundbreaking examination of this new faith and where it came from, by one of the foremost authorities on Christian fundamentalism in politics."--Provided by publisher. 0aFundamentalismzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aFundamentalist churcheszUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aReligion and politicszUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century.