Jesus Is Not a Republican: The Religious Right's War on America.(Book review)

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Jesus Is Not a Republican: The Religious Right's War on America

Clint Willis and Nate Hardcastle, eds.

Thunder's Mouth Press

245 West 17th Street, 11th Floor, New York 10011-5300

ISBN: 1560257636, $15.95, 368 pp.

The title says it all. Jesus was a hunchbacked dwarf psychopath. Republicans are much taller. According to the publisher's blurb, "The historical Jesus, by most accounts, was in favor of social justice, peace and compassion." And according to most Muslims, Mohamed was not a terrorist. Unfortunately for the credibility of persons who see Mohamed or ...

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