Undercover with the Christian Right

In this excerpt from his new book, Matt Taibbi shares his experiences at a Hagee's boot camp for new converts.

By the end of the weekend I realized how quaint was the mere suggestion that Christians of this type should learn to "be rational" or "set aside your religion" about such things as the Iraq War or other policy matters. Once you've made a journey like this -- once you've gone this far -- you are beyond suggestible. It's not merely the informational indoctrination, the constant belittling of homosexuals and atheists and Muslims and pacifists, etc., that's ... Full Story »

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by Beth Wellington - Oct. 1, 2008

Entertaining, but somewhat dismissive, of not just the pastor, but of the members of his congregation. The author originally he set out to write about an somewhat obscure preacher of Christian Zionism, before Hagee rose to the fore in the news coverage of McCain.

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