Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church: Eyewitness Accounts of How American Churches are Hijacking Jesus, Bagging the Beatitudes, and Worshipping the Almighty Dollar by Becky Garrison, Robert Darden (Foreword by)

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  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Pub. Date: April 2006
  • ISBN-13: 9780787983130
  • Sales Rank: 215,516
  • 208pp
 
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A master of satire with a theological black belt, Becky Garrison shines a bright light on hypocrisy from both sides of the political spectrum, exposing how both red and blue Christians hold hostage the teachings of Jesus in service to their own partisan gain.  What’s lacking is a true understanding of Christ’s mandate to love all of humanity—including our enemies—which, if honored, would open the door to honest dialogue and understanding that transcends political labels.

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No Christian faction, not liberals, mainliners, evangelicals or fundamentalists, escapes the smarty-pants treatment from this senior contributing editor of the religious satire publication, The Wittenburg Door. Garrison assumes a gentle "above it all" attitude, redirecting the church's attention to the Beatitudes and to Jesus' "great commandment" (to love God first and love others as ourselves). She also argues for renewed separation of church and state, noting Jesus' tendency to serve "as a prophetic voice to proclaim the Word of God without being a pawn of the Roman government." Garrison is especially tough on those who publicly claim to have God on their side. "Given that my last name ain't Falwell, Robertson, or LaHaye, I can't claim to speak for Christ," she states. But don't for a moment think Garrison blames all of life's problems on the religious right. She's blessed with the ability to observe, cringe at and poke fun at anyone who insists on a "correct Christian response" to complex social and political matters. If you like the Door's approach to the lighter side of Christian culture, or if you just need a good laugh after reading too many serious religion books, it doesn't get much better than this. (Apr. 28) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Becky Garrison serves as senior contributing editor for The Wittenburg Door, the country's oldest, largest, and pretty much only religious satire magazine.

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Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church: Eyewitness Accounts of How American Churches are Hijackingby Anonymous

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October 25, 2006: In this plethora of religious-politics books that have crossed my desk this election season, Becky Garrison stands as a singular voice taking the church to task for playing partisan politics instead of serving as a prophetic voice. As she skewers sacred cows on both the Religious Right and the progressive left, she continues to ask What Would Jesus Do? The book ends on a hopeful note as she shines a bright light on those all too few places where she could be accepted as a Christian without having to display her voting card.

Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church: Eyewitness Accounts of How American Churches are Hijackingby Anonymous

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June 13, 2006: Like all memorable satire, Ms. Garrison's book has something to offend everyone and something to make us all take another look at what we thought we believed. In a series of essays that invoke the spirit of Monty Python and George Carlin, she tackles those two subjects your mother told you not to bring up at dinner parties--religion and politics--with fearlessness, insight and, above all, great love and good humor. The fact that this book has stirred up such controversy shows that she has hit more than one nerve in doing so. But those nerves needed to be hit! Read this book. Laugh at it, argue with it, call your friends to debate it. One thing I can promise you, though: you won't be bored by it!


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