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Roundup

5-11-06

New Book Examines Christian Nationalism [audio 39min]

Journalist Michelle Goldberg, a senior writer for the online magazine Salon, covers the Christian Right. In her new book, Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, she writes that Christian nationalists believe the Bible is literally true -- and they want to see the nation governed by that truth.

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