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like to think Gregory S, Camp is a victim of the nature of his work, Its not stuffy enough to be a paper in an academic journal, Its not slick enough to be a magazine article, That seems to leave Camp only with the option of making a book out of it, and he has nowhere near enough material to turn this into even a short book.
So what hes done is take roughlypages of interesting history of conspiracy theories in modern American Christian theology and stretch it out to four times its reasonable length.
Honestly, the middle third of the book is devoted almost exclusively to a rehash ofth century U.
S. history useless to anyone who managed to pass the subject in high school, Much of the remainder of the work is strongly tilted by the authors approach: a moderate Christian questioning sometimes even ridiculing right wing fanatic Christians.
He also spares a barb or two for the New Age, a subject he seems not to have researched as thoroughly as he did other parts of the book.
I also question Camps decision to adopt a guiltbyassociation line of attack with some of the more moderate members of the endtimes crowd.
In so doing he leaves himself open to the same criticism his espousal of the broader version of the Semiramis myth places him in the company of some strange bedfellows, including some of the selfsame folks he criticizes.
The tedious and sometimes inaccurate history lesson aside, this wasnt the worst book Ive ever read.
But given the subject and the time spent, it could have been a great deal better.
Throughout its history, America has been exposed to a multitude of chilling theories about "what's really going on

behind the scenes.
" Many believe that the world economy and its political and social systems are controlled by a few sinister men belonging to secret organizations that seek to rule the earth.
A host of Christian teachers have tapped into conspiracy theories to design their own end times scenarios.
But how do their prophetic schemes hold up against Scripture, logic, and history In Selling Fear, historian Gregory Camp offers a sane examination of conspiracy theories that have cropped up over the years and exposes the false teachings and assumptions that have instilled fear in the uninformed.
As the new millennium dawns, and endtimes paranoia becomes more apparent, Selling Fear will help readers discern the truth amid a barrage of errant teaching, providing a defense against prophetic beliefs that are grounded only in ignorance and fear.
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