Regardless of whether you heard the program, you might enjoy reading a short excerpt from a book about The Family at the Fresh Air website:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106115324 "We elect our leaders," he said. "Jesus elects his." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <jpgil...@...> wrote: > > Did anyone listen to Fresh Air today? The > first interview talks about a Christian > group that believes people in power have > been granted their power by God, and hence > those people need to be cultivated to use > their power responsibly. It's been described > as "trickle-down fundamentalism." I mention > it here because the belief parallels what > we used to hear from Maharishi. > > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106115324 > > Fresh Air from WHYY, July 1, 2009 ยท In the book The Family: The Secret > Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, author Jeff Sharlet examines > the power wielded by the secret Christian group known as The Family or The > Fellowship. > > Founded in 1935 in opposition to FDR's New Deal, the right-wing > fundamentalist religious group organizes prayer meetings for Congressmen, as > well as the annual National Prayer Breakfast. The group also has an alleged > connection to a house in Washington, D.C. known as C Street, which serves as > a prayer house and residence for politicians like Governor Mark Sanford, > Senator John Ensign and Senator Tom Coburn. > > A religion expert and a journalist, Sharlet is a contributing editor for > Harper's and Rolling Stone. He is editor of The Revealer, a review of > religion and the press. >
