pdotb reviewed The Armageddon Factor by Marci McDonald
Well, that was scary
4 stars
Content warning canpol, the Christian right
Kind of fits in with my current podcast listening, "Kreuz und Flagge", about the Christian right in the US, The Armageddon Factor traces the rise of the Christian right in Canada, funnelled through Preston Manning, Stockwell Day, and, especially, Stephen Harper. The author covers the organization of the Christian right, from TV and radio stations, through schools and colleges, to training for parliamentary assistants. The topics of concern include abortion, gay marriage, education, and creationism (among others), including the wild story of a school board in the interior of BC which had been teaching creationism for ten years without the province realizing! Not a fair criticism of the book, as such, but it's written during the Harper years and so obviously doesn't cover more recent developments.