About Eternal Hostility

"authoritative" -- The Humanist magazine

"thoroughly documented" -- Church & State magazine

"a searing account" -- The Public Eye magazine

"reader-friendly" -- Online Journal

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Reviews of Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy

“Of all of the books which have been written on the religious right, Frederick Clarkson has authored the best. Eternal Hostility is authoritative, yet readable, and covers the variety of far right groups as no work has ever done.”

Rev. John Swomley, The Humanist magazine [[link]]

“…veteran journalist Frederick Clarkson makes a compelling case that the ‘theocratic right’ is steadily gaining political power in American and poses a real threat to the constitutional freedoms of all of us...

... thoroughly documented, richly detailed and eminently readable, this single volume gives a near comprehensive overview of American theocratic politics.

In his final chapter, Clarkson outlines a plan of action to respond to the theocrats. Supporters of liberty, he says, must reclaim American history, register and mobilize voters, carefully research the theocratic right, identify and expose the movement’s contradictions and weaknesses, and practice democratic values… Eternal Hostility is essential reading for every American who cares about freedom. No book on the market offers a better description of the Religious Right and why that movement must be contained.”

Joseph L. Conn, Church & State magazine

“…a searing account of growing Christian Nationalist movements that is intended to put us on notice: American pluralism as we have know it for 200 years, is seriously threatened. His probing report is thorough and amazingly readable – and includes the words and voices of both leadership and rank and file members of groups including the Christian Coalition, the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon, the all-male Promise Keepers, and the Reconstructionists who believe that Biblical law represents a viable and desirable form of governance.”

Eleanor J. Bader, The Public Eye magazine

“Frederick Clarkson's Eternal Hostility is a reader-friendly, strongly-documented guide to understanding those organizations. With George W. Bush's faith-based initiatives chipping away at the wall between church and state, now is the ideal time to learn from this gem of a resource.”

Carla Binion, Online Journal [[link]]