Kingdom Coming

I recently came across a book that, upon review, seemed to fit into the subject matter of the Secular and the Sacred. It is called Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism by Michelle Goldberg. A good summary of the book I found is:
"A cautionary account of growing religious radicalism in America warns of the potential dangers of a doctrine through which Christians believe they have a right to rule non-Christians, identifying political practices that aggressively promote conservative agendas."
On Amazon.com there are 86 reviews of this book, clearly a popular and controversial book. A great review I found from Publishers WeeklyStarred Review said:

"In an impressive piece of lucid journalism, Salon.com reporter Goldberg dives into the religious right and sorts out the history and networks of what to most liberals is an inscrutable parallel universe. She deconstructs "dominion theology," the prevalent evangelical assertion that Christians have a "responsibility to take over every aspect of society." Goldberg makes no attempt to hide her own partisanship, calling herself a "secular Jew and ardent urbanite" who wrote the book because she "was terrified by America's increasing hostility to... cosmopolitan values." This carefully researched and riveting treatise will hardly allay its audience's fears, however; secular liberals and mainstream believers alike will find Goldberg's descriptions of today's culture wars deeply disturbing. She traces the deep financial and ideological ties between fundamentalist Christians and the Republican Party, and discloses the dangers she believes are inherent to the Bush administration's faith-based social services initiative. Other chapters follow inflammatory political tactics on wedge issues like gay rights, evolution and sex education. Significantly, her conclusions do not come off as hysterical or shrill. Even while pointing to stark parallels between fascism and the language of the religious right, Goldberg's vision of America's future is measured and realistic. Her book is a potent wake up call to pluralists in the coming showdown with Christian nationalists." (May 15) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

I'm going to read this book and write my own review of it and how it relates to our class for my formal blog post.