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To: Road Walker who wrote (280810)	3/19/2006 8:51:01 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572264

'American Theocracy,' by Kevin Phillips Excellent article, definitely worth reading the full article at this link: nytimes.com In ...1969), he [predicted a] conservative Republican majority that would dominate American politics for decades. Phillips viewed the changes he predicted with optimism No longer does he see Republican government as a source of stability and order. Instead, he presents a nightmarish vision of ideological extremism, catastrophic fiscal irresponsibility... he sees ...radical Christianity and its growing intrusion into government and politics He points in particular to the Southern Baptist Convention, once a scorned seceding minority of the American Baptist Church but now so large that it dominates not just Baptism itself but American Protestantism generally. rapidly growing group of "Christian Reconstructionists" who believe in a "Taliban-like" reversal of women's rights, who describe the separation of church and state as a "myth" and who call openly for a theocratic government shaped by Christian doctrine.