The Best Books Media of 2008
Jeff Sharlet.
Forget the standard litany of the best-selling books and most popular movies... This year’s list includes comics, rock bands, Battlestar Galactica, “Hava Nagila” sung to the tune of “The Twist,” and “I Am the Walrus” translated into Aramaic.
This is not a Religion Column: Biblical Capitalism
Jeff Sharlet.
The roots of the economic crisis tap directly into a movement within American fundamentalism. Much has been made of Palin's Pentecostalism but her links to The Family go unnoticed.
RDRoundtable: Welcome to “The Family”
Jeff Sharlet, Anthea Butler, Diane Winston, and Randall Balmer.
Is an “aggressively anti-democratic” Christian movement quietly steering us toward a “theocentric” state? Three scholars discuss The Family with the author. Sparks fly.
This is not a Religion Column: Sarah Palin, American
Jeff Sharlet.
Small Town Spirituality, Big City Hate: For those with ears to hear it, Sarah Palin's speeches echoed the work of Westbrook Pegler, a mid-century Rush Limbaugh, and then some....
This is Not a Religion Column: The Audacity of Compromise...
Jeff Sharlet.
Obama may just be doing what he needs to win but that compromise requires the abandonment of King's dream...
This is Not a Religion Column: The Religious Vote of the Future, with a Pickle
Jeff Sharlet.
An Election '08 'Manifesto for Messiness,' a tart plea for nuanced religion coverage...
