C Street, Jeff Sharlet
C Street, Jeff Sharlet
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C Street
The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy

Author: Jeff Sharlet

Narrator: Jeremy Guskin

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/27/2010

Synopsis

C Street - where piety, politics, and corruption meet Jeff Sharlet is the only journalist to have reported from inside the C Street House, the Fellowship residence known simply by its Washington, DC address. The house has lately been the scene of notorious political scandal, but more crucially it is home to efforts to transform the very fabric of American democracy. And now, after laying bare its tenants' past in The Family, Sharlet reports from deep within fundamentalism in today's world, revealing that the previous efforts of religious fundamentalists in America pale in comparison with their long-term ambitions.

When Barack Obama entered the White House, headlines declared the age of culture wars over. In C Street, Sharlet shows why these conflicts endure and why they matter now - from the sensationalism of Washington sex scandals to fundamentalism's long shadow in Africa, where Ugandan culture warriors determined to eradicate homosexuality have set genocide on simmer.

We've reached a point where piety and corruption are not at odds but one and the same. Reporting with exclusive sources and explosive documents from C Street, the war on gays in Uganda, and the battle for the soul of America's armed forces - waged by a 15,000-strong movement of officers intent on "reclaiming territory for Christ in the military"

Sharlet reveals not the last gasp of old-time religion but the new front lines of fundamentalism.

About Jeff Sharlet

Jeff Sharlet is a visiting research scholar at New York University's Center for Religion and Media. He is a contributing editor for Harper's and Rolling Stone, the coauthor, with Peter Manseau, of Killing the Buddha, and the editor of TheRevealer.org. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on April 28, 2016

This book was read and the review was originally written in June 2012. It is actually a follow-up to a much-better and more in-depth reportage by Jeff Sharlet called "The Family". I read the second book first only because I was unaware that it was a "sequel". The book is fascinating, although I'm su......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on December 06, 2019

'C Street'by Jeff Sharlett is very interesting and the book clearly has been deeply researched! The book is primarily a political walkabout in various countries with amazing interviews with very scary politicians and soldiers. These real-life characters have huge authority over either powerless peop......more

Goodreads review by Bob on February 27, 2017

One ought not to throw the word "cabal" around too loosely but it's hard to know what else to call the Christian dominionists of the quite secretive organization known variously as The Fellowship or The Family. They own quite a bit of property near the centers of power, including the titular buildin......more

Goodreads review by Erik on December 19, 2019

This successor volume to the author's previous and Netflix-available multipart documentary on 'The Family' carries the story of the largely occult fundamentalist, right-wing sponsors of the National Prayer Breakfast through to 2010. Opening with three of the recent sex scandals of some of their hypo......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on December 09, 2017

I finished it after bookclub, and I’m pretty happy about that as it meant I got to the last chapter having digested other people’s viewpoints. As a militant atheist, I find books like this pretty straightforward. The message for me is always “look at the fucked up crap that other people’s religion i......more

Quotes

"At once a gripping political thriller, a masterpiece of investigative journalism, and a timely call to arms, C Street reveals all that can be hidden within an innocuous Washington address. Jeff Sharlet delivers a warning that the blurring of the line between church and state is both an urgent local problem and a matter of global concern."—Peter Manseau, author of Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World's Holy Dead and Songs for the Butcher's Daughter

"Jeff Sharlet has an incredibly rare double talent: the instincts of an investigative reporter coupled with the soul of a historian."—Hanna Rosin, author of God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America

"Jeff Sharlet is one of the very best writers covering the politics of religion."—Ken Silverstein, author of Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship

"Few writers can pull off investigative journalism, historical research, and elegant storytelling. Sharlet does all this with a story that a lot of people don't want to hear and others won't believe."—Diane Winston, author of Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of The Salvation Army

"[Sharlet] writes with insight, verve, and, thankfully, none of the bogus punditry and bad sociology that often passes for informed discourse about the contemporary role of religion in public life. His refreshing narrative style is as engaging as his groundbreaking information."—Frederick Clarkson, The Public Eye

"Un-American theocrats can only fool patriotic American democrats when there aren't critics like Jeff Sharlet around-careful scholars and soulful writers who understand both the majesty of faith and the evil of its abuses."—Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

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