Playing God : American Catholic bishops and the far right
(2023)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
262.122097/MCCONAHAY,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 262.122097/MCCONAHAY,M Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Brooklyn : Melville House, 2023
DESCRIPTION

xiii, 274 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781685890285, 1685890288 :, 1685890288, 9781685890285
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Plague of illusion : Catholic cleric's pandemic attack on the state -- Christianizing America : the roots of the religious right -- Our lady of the grapes -- Unholy Trinity : Clarence Thomas, Leonard Leo, Virginia Thomas -- The pizza king and princess of the church -- The ministry of propaganda -- The bishops and the Black catholics -- Catholic women, catholic girls -- Our common home?

A leading U.S. Catholic journalist presents a definitive account of how the Catholic bishops are attempting to alter democratic institutions under the guise of religious liberty and how these 229 men, fueled by Catholic "dark money," have become one of the most formidable and reactionary forces in American society