The Good News Club : the Christian right's stealth assault on America's children /

In 2009, the Good News Club came to the public elementary school where journalist Katherine Stewart sent her children. The Club, which is sponsored by the Child Evangelism Fellowship, bills itself as an after-school program of "Bible study." But Stewart soon discovered that the Club's...

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Main Author: Stewart, Katherine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, [2012]
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In 2009, the Good News Club came to the public elementary school where journalist Katherine Stewart sent her children. The Club, which is sponsored by the Child Evangelism Fellowship, bills itself as an after-school program of "Bible study." But Stewart soon discovered that the Club's real mission is to convert children to fundamentalist Christianity and encourage them to proselytize to their "unchurched" peers, all the while promoting the natural but false impression among the children that its activities are endorsed by the school. Astonished to discover that the U.S. Supreme Court has deeme.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 291 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781610390507 (electronic)
1610390504 (electronic)