The Undertow
- 368 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
An Instant New York Times Bestseller. One of America's finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart.
Jeff Sharlet Libros
Este autor profundiza en las intrincadas cuestiones del poder estadounidense y el fundamentalismo, a menudo penetrando el velo de las estructuras ocultas que dan forma a la sociedad. A través de sus contribuciones a publicaciones prestigiosas como Harper's y Rolling Stone, junto con medios más especializados, demuestra una curiosidad de amplio alcance sobre política, religión y la prensa. Su enfoque es profundamente analítico, con el objetivo de descubrir las fuerzas invisibles que definen la dinámica del poder en Estados Unidos. Este compromiso por revelar verdades y diseccionar fenómenos complejos lo establece como una voz significativa en la no ficción contemporánea.
The Family
The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
"They insist they are just a group of friends, yet they funnel milions of dollars through tax-free corporations. They claim to disdain politics, but congressmen of both parties describe them as the most influential religious organization in Washington. They say they are not Christians, but simply beilievers. Behind the scenes at every National Prayer Breakfast since 1953 has been the Family, an elite network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful. Their goal is 'Jesus plus nothing.' Their method is backroom diplomacy." -- Cover, p.4.
Sweet Heaven When I Die
Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country In Between
- 277 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
Linked narrative nonfiction from the best-selling author of The Family. No one explores the borderlands of belief and skepticism quite like Jeff Sharlet. He is ingenious, farsighted, and able to excavate the worlds of others, even the flakiest and most fanatical, with uncanny sympathy. Here, he reports back from the far reaches of belief, whether in the clear mountain air of "Sweet Fuck All, Colorado" or in a midnight congregation of urban anarchists celebrating a victory over police. From Dr. Cornel West to legendary banjo player Dock Boggs, from the youth evangelist Ron Luce to America's largest "Mind, Body, Spirit Expo," Sharlet profiles religious radicals, realists, and escapists. Including extended journeys published here for the first time, Sweet Heaven When I Die offers a portrait of our spiritual landscape that calls to mind Joan Didion's classic Slouching Towards Bethlehem.