The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evange
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The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and
Evangelical America Are Winning the Culture War(Hardcover)
by Dan Gilgoff (Author)
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In the deluge of books rushing to explain the rise of conservative
evangelicals' influence on American politics, Gilgoff's offering makes
a unique contribution: he argues that press-shy James Dobson should be
regarded as the most powerful evangelical spokesman of the last decade
(surpassing Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson). Gilgoff, a senior writer
at U.S. News & World Report, boasts extensive interview time with
Dobson at the sprawling Focus on the Family campus in Colorado
Springs, Colo., inside access that is complemented by excellent
writing and a mother lode of information. Gilgoff argues that Dobson
is a political powerhouse precisely because his constituency was built
on dispensing no-nonsense family advice to millions of Americans
desperate for help, not on any explicit political platform. When he
ventures to make political statements, he commands a public trust few
policy makers enjoy. Gilgoff traces the rise of evangelical influence
in politics from the Moral Majority and Christian Coalition in the
1970s and 1980s to Focus on the Family in the 1990s and 2000s, walking
readers through the backroom power brokering of everything from Roe v.
Wade to Harriet Miers's nomination to the Supreme Court. This is a
smart piece of investigative journalism. (Mar. 6)
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Review
"Dan Gilgoff has written an excellent account of the political
activities of Focus on Family and its important role in national
elections. Fair and factual, this book can be profitably read by
allies and adversaries alike." –John Green, Director, Bliss Institute,
University of Akron
"After years of providing valued family counseling to millions o
Americans, James Dobson has emerged as one of the most influential
voices on the Christian Right and a powerful force in American
politics. His story deserves to be better understood. Dan Gilgoff has
write a fair, objective, and revealing book--one that offers deep
insight into why Dobson seems threatening to some but appeals to so
many others."-- David Gergen, Editor at Large, U.S. News & World Report
"In a time of overheated discussion about religion and politics, U.S.
News reporter Dan Gilgoff went out and got the facts and reports them
straightforwardly in The Jesus Machine. Gilgoff provides the
definitive account of Dr. James Dobson, his Focus on the Family
organization and other Christian activists, one that can be read with
profit both by admirers and detractors of their movement." –Michael
Barone, Co-author, The Almanac of American Politics
"Gilgoff is a writer and journalist of the first rank - dependably
honest with the facts and yet able to interpret them in light of the
big picture. This is a book that evangelicals, as well as the critics
of our movement, should surely read." –Richard Cizik, Chief Lobbyist,
National Association of Evangelicals
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