The Family: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
Jeff Sharlet, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power (2008), and C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy (2010), are in-depth studies. Norman Grubb, Modern Viking: The Story of Abraham Vereide, Pioneer in Christian Leadership (1961), is an admiring portrait of the movement’s founder. James C. Hefley and Edward E. Plowman, Washington: Christians in the Corridors of Power (1975); and D. Michael Lindsay, Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite (2007), are sympathetic accounts of conservative Christian influence in American government.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Fellowship Foundation. | Aug 15, 2018 | ||
| Invalidated site: Fog City Journal - The Fellowship: A Secret Christian Fundamentalist Organization. | Aug 15, 2018 | ||
| Noted the death of Douglas Coe. | Jul 24, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | May 21, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fog City Journal - The Fellowship: A Secret Christian Fundamentalist Organization. | Nov 29, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Unitarian Universalist Association - The Fellowship Movemeny. | Nov 29, 2015 | ||
| Article revised to mention that in 2009 a member of the Ugandan parliament with ties to The Family introduced a bill that would strengthen penalties for homosexual acts and require Ugandans to report homosexuals to authorities. | Nov 03, 2010 | ||
| Photograph of Pres. George W. Bush at the National Prayer Breakfast added. | Nov 03, 2010 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 01, 2010 |
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