Secular America under Siege - The Rise of Chistian Nationalism

On Tuesday, May 22nd, BIHI and the AHA present an evening with Michelle Goldberg and Damon Linker entitled, Secular America under Siege, The Rise of Christian Nationalism. If you value preserving the separation between Church and State, you won.t want to miss this! The event includes discussion and book signing by both speakers. Event Registration is from 6:00-7:00 pm with event starting promptly at 7:00 pm. Location is the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the UMC at CU, corner of Broadway and Euclid in Boulder. Tickets will be $7.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door. Students and faculty free with ID.

Buy ticket(s) on-line at The DAIRY Center for the Arts.

Michelle Goldberg, a senior political reporter for Salon, has been covering the intersection of politics and ideology for years. In her book, Kingdom Coming, she demonstrates how an increasingly bellicose fundamentalism is gaining traction throughout our national life, taking us on a tour of the right-wing evangelical culture that is buoyed by Republican political patronage. With her trenchant interviews and the telling testimonies of the people behind this movement, Goldberg gains access into the hearts and minds of citizens who are striving to change our nation into a Christian nation run according to their interpretation of scripture.

Damon Linker, author of The Theocons, is intimately familiar with the rise of the 'theoconservatives'. His experience working in the center of the theocon world as an editor of its flagship journal, First Things, led to his resolve to write a critical history of the movement. The Bush administration's overt religiosity represents the triumph of an ideological movement that for the past several decades has devoted itself to fashioning a theocratic governing philosophy for the U.S. and has actively sought to roll back the division of church and state in American life.

Both of these renowned authors will be speaking at the May BIHI Event on the rise of Christian Nationalism and the Theocons. Don't miss this exciting event as these are critical topics in the continuing effort to keep this a free and open nation. This is sure to be a popular and well-attended event.

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Michelle Goldberg's Kingdom Coming

Damon Linker's The Theocons