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Dan Starr, August 19, 2008

An important book, though also a seriously flawed one. As sara1968 observes, the author's penchant for puns and sarcastic comments often get in the way of his message. But the message is an important one: that the "religious right" has often abandoned the teachings of Jesus in favor of a doctrine that emphasizes certain ritual sins (particularly homosexuality) while giving a free pass to sins that have real victims (particularly economic sins). McElvaine takes way too long to make his point, his evidence is often hard to find due to his sarcastic writing style, he is not much of a Biblical scholar (he tends to misinterpret the Hebrew Bible and the writings of Paul), and his last couple chapters take off on a feminist tangent that has little to do with the rest of the book (but may summarize an earlier book). Still, McElvaine gets the right idea--that the behavior of the religious right needs to be examined from the viewpoint of the Bible--and therefore this book is a step in the right direction.

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