The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War

by Jeff Sharlet

Book Overview

An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into corners of our national psyche where others fear to tread. The Undertow is both inquiry and meditation, an attempt to understand how, over the last decade, reaction has morphed into delusion, social division into distrust, distrust into paranoia, and hatred into fantasies--sometimes realities--of violence.

Across the country, men "of God" glorify...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324074515
• ISBN13: 9781324074519
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"