How The Radical Right Is Hijacking Christianity and America

by

Father John W. Sweeley, D.D.

About the author
Fr. John W. Sweeley, D.D. is pastor of St. James Catholic Community and a priest in the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch - Malabar Rite. He holds an M.Ed. from Coppin State College, a C.A.S.E. from the Johns Hopkins University, an M.A. from St. Mary's Seminary and University, an M.Div. from
Sophia Divinity School and a D.D. from Sophia Divinity School. He is the author of Jesus in the Gospels: Man, Myth or God and co-editor of The Complete Bastard: The Fight for Open Adoption Records (in press). Fr. Sweeley is a member of the Administrative Team of Sophia Divinity School.

Outline

Introduction

Vision of the Founding Fathers

Christianity as Moral Law; The Radical Right

How the Radical Right Got Religion

The Fruits of the Radical Right; Conclusion