The Hijacking of Jesus: How the Religious Right Distorts Christianity and Promotes Prejudice and Hate

This is a much-needed book on what some people call the "religious left," which has more to do with feeding the poor, attaining civil rights and justice, providing shelter and medicine for the homeless and sick - things Jesus asked us to do - rather than what the "religious right" is all about, which is gaining power through politics, wedging issues to divide denominations, spending millions of dollars on minority-discriminating agendas, etc. - things Jesus would not want us to do.

This important book hits the road running and doesn't slow or stop until you finish. Immediately, I wanted to look up more books on following Christ rather than Fundamentalism. After reading this, I became sad for the many people who have been sucked into the show more religious right's mentality of anger and hate. They have single-handedly put a distaste of Christianity and religion in the minds of millions of liberals, who haven't been exposed to what Christianity is really supposed to be about. I hope, through resources like this, the religious right's demented and perverted version of Christianity will diminish so that Christ can actually shine through the many compassionate Christians of the world. show less