My decision to write about our national madness came on the heels of the publication in 2005 of The Pharisees Amongst Us, the book I wrote that notes how, in their campaign against the LGBTQ community, Christian evangelicals present themselves as modern-day Pharisees. I was very satisfied with what I wrote in that book, but even as I was writing it, I was aware of the larger narrative, the madness that reigns in our nation, into which it fits. Nevertheless, I was convinced after writing The Pharisees that my book writing days were over. I had spent three years writing that book, and could not see myself dedicating that much time to a writing project ever again. After a couple of months, however, the call to write about the larger context of The Pharisees began and would not stop ringing in my head.

Despite that incessant ringing, I tarried, primarily because I had identified religion, race, and politics - the three topics I had been told from childhood were too controversial to discuss with virtually anyone. It was not that I was afraid to swim into deeply controversial waters, but that I had reservations about overcoming some of the obvious challenges of taking on such a broad topic.]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:20:36 +0000 es Copyright 202 6BiblioEteca Technologies SL