I can’t think of anyone who doesn’t now read the Bible in the light of what he/she has been taught by (take your pick): John Stott, C. S. Lewis, Rick Warren, Oswald Chambers, Lifeway Christian Resources (motto: Biblical Solutions for Life! See IBM for business ’solutions,’ Cisco Systems for networking ’solutions,’ Lifeway for Bible ’solutions.’), Bart Ehrman, Joyce Meyers, Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, or their pastor.

Just thoughts, really–but does anyone come to the Bible with a blank slate? I don’t see how

Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus

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When I began reading American Theocracy, the best-seller by Kevin Phillips, I felt almost immediately that this was an excellent and thought-provoking book that was so wrong about so many fundamental issues that it demanded a strong, immediate, and highly focused response. This book, American Theocracy Unpacked, takes advantage of electronic publishing technology to provide that “nimble” response, less than three months after I started reading Phillips’s book.

In American Theocracy Unpacked, I take a close, almost paragraph-by-paragraph look at Phillips’s arguments. I am confident that the result is respectful but stimulating. I acknowledge and applaud his many important insights, but I also suggest a way forward that is less fearful of an “American theocracy,” and, indeed, more hopeful for America and the world.

In the body of the book, I have used the informal, rather “bulletized” house style that Nimble Books has used to produce “living books” on subjects ranging from Harry Potter and Dan Brown to science, politics, technology, and medicine.

READ THIS BOOK IF …

• You thought American Theocracy was an important book.
• You are interested in a far-ranging, open-minded meditation on the issues Phillips raises.
• You are a Christian who is wondering how to be “salt and light” in a world that fears theocracy.

DON’T BOTHER IF …

• You are expecting me to disagree with everything in American Theocracy.
• You are expecting me to attack Kevin Phillips as a person.
• You aren’t willing to read American Theocracy.

HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED AND WHAT IT CONTAINS

This book follows the same structure as American Theocracy, with the addition of some introductory and interstitial comments.

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