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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the widely acclaimed
A Place at the Table, this is a major work, passionately outspoken and cogently reasoned, that exposes the great danger posed to Christianity today by fundamentalism.
The time is past, says Bruce Bawer, when denominational names and other traditional labels provided an accurate reflection of Christian America's religious beliefs and practices. The meaningful distinction today is not between Protestant and Catholic, or Baptist and Episcopalian, but rather between 'legalistic' and 'nonlegalistic' religion, between the Church of Law and the Church of Love. On one side is the fundamentalist right, which draws a sharp distinction between 'saved' and 'unsaved' and worships a God of wrath and judgment; on the other are more mainstream Christians who view all humankind as children of a loving God who calls them to break down barriers of hate, prejudice, and distrust.
Pointing out that the supposedly 'traditional' beliefs of American
