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This was not a very readable or enjoyable book. Here is what I wrote in my blog back in February of 2007:

[http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/02/booknote-theocons.html]

 
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bloodravenlib | 3 andra recensioner | Aug 17, 2020 |
4341. The Theocons Secular America Under Siege, by Damon Linker (read 16 July 2007) This is well-written book, by a man who worked for the periodical First Things from May 2001 to February 2005. He does not tell how he came to work for it, nor why he stayed so long since he is convinced the agenda of the editor, Father Richard Neuhaus, is a dangerous one. Much that the author says about the Bush administration is true, and especially on Iraq the book is on target. But since I have from day one believed that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided and should be overturned, I could not get as excited as Linker is about some of the efforts of Neuhaus and George Weigel and their compatriots. I strongly deplore the effort to have the Church be a shill for the Republican Party, and Linker is right to deplore the effort to align the Church with the Republicans. A very thought-provoking book, which should be read by all concerned with the political drift of our country.… (mer)
 
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