Selected Bibliography

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From a rich and increasing abundance of books and articles dealing with issues of our concern, both theoretical and practical, here are several titles that some members of Clergy and Laity United have found especially challenging and instructive — a list that will from time to time be updated.

  • Wes Avram, ed.,   Anxious About Empire: Theological Essays on the New Global Realities   (Brazos Press, 2004)

  • Gary Dorrien,   Imperial Designs: Neoconservatism and the New Pax Americana   (Routledge, 2004)

  • George Lakoff,   Don't Think of an Elephant!   (Chelsea Green, 2004)

  • Michael Lerner,   The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right   (HarperSanFrancisco, 2006)

  • Daniel C. Maguire,   A Moral Creed for All Christians   (Fortress Press, 2005)

  • Charles Marsh,   The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice, from the Civil Rights Movement to Today   (Basic Books, 2005)

  • Joseph S. Nye, Jr.,   The Paradox of American Power: Why the World’s Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone   (Oxford University Press, 2002)

  • Kevin Phillips,   American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century   (Viking, 2006)

  • Jack Rogers,   Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church   (Westminster John Knox Press, 2006)

  • Mark Lewis Taylor,   Religion, Politics and the Christian Right: Post 9/11 Powers and American Empire   (Fortress Press, 2005)

  • Dan O. Via and Robert A. J. Gagnon,   Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views   (Fortress Press, 2003)

  • Jim Wallis,   God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It   (HarperSanFrancisco, 2005)