Today Christian evangelicals appear to form a solid conservative bloc, but it was not always so. In the mid-twentieth century, far more evangelicals supported such "liberal" causes as peace, social justice, and environmental protection. Only gradually did the conservative evangelical faction win dominance, allying with the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan and, eventually, George W. Bush. In Countercultural Conservatives, Axel Schäfer traces the...

"Describing the triumphs, controversies and failures of popes over the past 200 years - including Pius IX, who was criticized for his campaign against Italian unification and his proclamation of papal infallibilty, and Pius XII, denounced for his 'silence' during the Holocaust and 'impartiality' during the Second World War - this book offers a comprehensive and enlightening view of the papal state. Examining a wide variety of source, some only recently...

"The philosophies of a handful of people have shaped our country just as the Father of Lies would want. Brannon Howse reveals the demonically inspired connections between occultism and pagan spirituality, the apostate church (strong in America!), our educational establishment, and the government-corporate complex." -- Page [4] cover.