Grand Theft Jesus
Subtitle: The Hijacking of Religion in America
By: Robert S. McElvaine.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 7 April 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780307395801
Copyright date: 2008, 2009
Subjects: Christianity and culture -- United States; United States -- Church history
Description: "We're mad as Heaven, and we're not going to take it anymore!" declares historian Robert McElvaine in this passionate and often hilarious rallying cry for sincere Jesus followers. He lets us know that the extreme right wing won't be allowed to speak for all Christians any longer. This polemic blends outrage and humor to expose the televangelists and the leaders of megachurches as the people Jesus warned us about. The religion McElvaine calls ChristianityLite promises, "Be saved without sacrifice or good works!" Run by a crew of politicians, megachurch preachers, televangelists, hypocrites, and snake-oil salesmen, it has hijacked true Christianity and distorted it into something Jesus wouldn't recognize, a religion that advocates war and intolerance, values money above charity, preaches hatred instead of brotherhood, and promises "true" believers the keys to the gates of the kingdom of God--and to the bank.--From publisher description.
Notes: With a New Afterword by the Author
Table of contents: title: Genesis: The Second Going of Christ
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: “Easy Jesus” : Be a “Christian” Without Sacrifice or Good Works!
pagenum: 13; label: 2
title: Amazing Disgrace : Blinded by the Lite
pagenum: 27; label: 3
title: For Christ’s Sake! : We’ve Got to Stop These Guys
pagenum: 43; label: 4
title: The Greed Creed : The Jesusless Church of Mammon
pagenum: 61; label: 5
title: Religion Is the Worst Thing That Happened to Christianity : Christianity Morphs into Constantinianism
pagenum: 83; label: 6
title: “Well, Then Jesus was wrong!” : X-a-Jesus : Biblical Inerrancy (Except for What Jesus Said)
pagenum: 97; label: 7
title: These Are the People Jesus Warned Us About : The Right Reverends
pagenum: 111; label: 8
title: Jesus W. Christ! : The Rise of the Xian Right to Political Power
pagenum: 139; label: 9
title: Waiting for Righty : The “Divine” Politics of Division
pagenum: 161; label: 10
title: War Is Heaven? : Backward Pseudo-Christian Soldiers
pagenum: 177; label: 11
title: Unintelligent Design : The War Against Science
pagenum: 201; label: 12
title: All About Eve : Some People Claim That There’s a Woman to Blame
pagenum: 219; title: Revelation : Let’s Put Christ Back into Christianity : Saving Xians from the Jesus Thieves
pagenum: 249; title: Afterword
pagenum: 263; title: Appendix A. Through a Looking Glass, Darkly: The Unholy Gospel According to the Jesus Thieves
pagenum: 269; title: Appendix B. A Revolutionized Creed: Revising the Mistakes of the Bishops at Nicaea and Constantinople, and Restoring the Female Part of God
pagenum: 275; title: Appendix C. If _This_ Be Heresy, Make the Most of It: Nine-Plus-Five Theses
pagenum: 279; title: Acknowedgments
pagenum: 285; title: Notes
pagenum: 287; title: Index
pagenum: 319