Mr. Book just finished Kingdom Of Rage: The Rise Of Christian Extremism And The Path Back To Peace, by Elizabeth Neumann.

This is an infuriating book to read. The author, who had worked in the Department of Homeland Security under Trump, thinks she has the solution to the Christian nationalist that we have in the country. But, that is just replace it with a different version of Christian nationalism—one that conveniently lines up with her own personal religious views.

I lost track of how many times I knew I could just skip through paragraphs because all she was doing was given her version of what the Bible meant. OK, technically, I never started keeping track, but if I did, I would have lost track.

There was some good material, from time to time, in the book about Christian nationalist terrorism. But, she didn’t say anything in that material that wasn’t already said by others, with nearly all of them doing a better job than she did.

And the author isn’t advocating for her own version of religion, she’s just another right-wing nut who just wants her version of nuttiness.

I give this book an F. Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an F equates to 1 star. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

This review has been posted at my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews, and Goodreads.

Mr. Book finished reading this on August 25, 2024.