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Losing Our Religion
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A rising media personality argues that the liberal media has a growing anti-Christian bias and aims to deny the values held by the majority of Americans. By the coauthor of Why You're Wrong About the Right.
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"The press has become a tool of oppression—politicized, self–aware, self–motivated, and power–hungry. . . . In short, these people can no longer be trusted." —From S. E. Cupp's Losing Our Religion It's time to wake up and smell the bias. The go-to commentator for such programs as Fox News's Hannity and CNN's Larry King Live and Reliable Sources, S. E. Cupp is just that—a reliable source for the latest news, trends, and forecasts in young, bright, conservative America. Savvy and outspoken when shattering left-leaning assumptions as she did in Why You're Wrong About the Right, Cupp now takes on the most pressing threat to the values and beliefs held and practiced by the majority of Americans: the marginalizing of Christianity by the flagrantly biased liberal media. From her galvanizing introduction, you know where S. E. Cupp stands: She's an atheist. A non-believer. Which makes her the perfect impartial reporter from the trenches of a culture war dividing America and eroding the Judeo-Christian values on which this country was founded. Starting at the top, she exposes the unwitting courtship of President Obama and the liberal press, which consistently misreports or downplays Obama's clear discomfort with, or blatant disregard for, religious America—from covering up religious imagery in the backdrop of his Georgetown University speech to his absence from events surrounding the National Day of Prayer, to identifying America in his inaugural address as, among other things, "a nation of non-believers." She likens the calculated attacks of the liberal media to a class war, a revolution with a singular purpose: to overthrow God and silence Christian America for good. And she sends out an urgent call for all Americans to push back the leftist propaganda blitz striking on the Internet, radio, television, in films, publishing, and print journalism—or invite the tyrannies of a "mainstream" media set on mocking our beliefs, controlling our decisions, and extinguishing our freedoms. Now, discover the truth behind the war against Christmas—and how political correctness keeps the faithful under wraps . . . the one-sided analyses of Prop 8 and the gay marriage debate . . . the media pot-shots at Sarah Palin's personal faith . . . the politicization of entertainment mainstays such as American Idol and the Miss USA Pageant . . . and much more. Also included are her penetrating interviews with Dinesh D'Souza, Martha Zoller, James T. Harris, Newt Gingrich, Kevin Madden, and Kevin Williamson of National Review, delivering must-read analyses of the latest stunning lowlights from the liberal media. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 269
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 6.5" Height: 9.5"
Weight: 1 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Apr 1, 2010
Publisher Simon & Schuster
ISBN 1439173168
EAN 9781439173169
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 | LOSING Isn't An Idea "Lost" On Me Jun 6, 2010 |
I've had a bit of an ongoing debate with several friends of mine through the years about whether or not writing based in politics is its own form of art (I think it is, while they disagree). Of course, their collective opinion on writing - as a whole - is that it's merely the act of the writer's brain stringing together a series of words with the sole purpose of persuading the reader to adopt or accept a specific political persuasion (liberal or conservative). Of course, they'll concede that some writers do it better than others - not much of a concession, if you ask me - but, in the end, the writing ends up serving as a `function' far more than does other forms of the written word.
At a quick glance, S.E. Cupp's LOSING OUR RELIGION kinda/sorta supports their view of political writing. Much of the time, she focuses on arguments persuasive to her main thesis: the so-called mainstream media elite have used their positions as cultural communicators to negate the positive effects that religion (or, to a greater extent, faith in God), as an institution, has had not only on the founding of the United States but also on the development of a unique American society. Media pundits have beaten Christians into submission, allowing for any expression meant in reverence to God to be categorized as `extreme' or `fringe' worship. Any mention of a `creator' in schools has been outlawed in favor of promoting Darwinism. Public prayer is unacceptable, unless you're a Muslim. And while Christmas trees remain part of our foreseeable future, wishing your fellow shoppers to enjoy a "Merry Christmas" has been demonized.
So, sure, Cupp's RELIGION is persuasive, and, quite probably, she intentionally crafted her examination of the liberal media's attack on Christianity to appeal to Christians as opposed to non-Christians. That's what writers do: they appeal to their audience. Writing is still a business, and the publisher hopes to sell these wares to folks who would want to read what S.E. has to say ... just as a member of the liberal media would write a book deconstructing these arguments with the sole purpose of appealing to his or her audience.
However, what I found surprising was my learning that S.E. is an atheist, meaning that she accepts no particular faith in God. I have seen her on several news programs (mostly on Fox News where she's proven herself far more than a pretty face), and, if she ever announced as such there, I have to confess that I completely missed it. Despite her personal beliefs (or perhaps `because of them'), she's able to still see the strength and value of living in a society where membership in the majority should be allowed to be viewed as part of the norm and NOT the exception as is portrayed by her mainstream counterparts. Despite her particular view on religion, she can see how her workplace peers are hard-at-work undermining the majority of Americans' faith. Granted, LOSING OUR RELIGION is far more populist than political in my eyes, but I would expect no less from an author committed to exposing a particular bias that almost spits in the face of the mainstream media viewership.
Now, is THAT a work of art? Well, again, maybe some folks - friends of mine, mostly - don't see it that way, but I do. S.E. employs a great degree of common sense, whether she's examining academia, politicians, or even other religions. Her writing is immensely readable, entertaining, and (yeppers) persuasive. It's a quick read that may not make believers out of non-believers, but, then again, she readily admits that even she may not agree with everything her readers do. The difference between her and the next `talking head' is that she allows for her readers to have the faith and conviction to believe what they want to believe ...
Do you think Keith Olbermann do that same? How about Helen Thomas? And what about Barack Obama? All three of those `talking heads' claim to represent you. S.E. doesn't, and I'm more inclined every day of the week to listen to her than I am any of the others. | | |  | The Underlying Assumption is Wrong May 30, 2010 |
The author's basic assumption is wrong. She claims that the US was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, that it is a Christian country. No. The founding fathers were men of the Enlightenment and it is the views and attitudes of the Enlightenment that dominated their thinking and which permeates the US founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. These can be summarized under three broad headings.
First they believed in the autonomy of individuals and they rejected the notion that people were to organize their lives in accordance to religious or ancestral precepts. Sovereignty flowed from the people, not a monarch. Church and state were to be separate... people were free to practice their religions but the state was to have nothing to do with it. Think of the US's founding documents - do these ideas sound familiar? Yes.
Second, the purpose of life was the pursuit of happiness in the here and now. Christianity is all about seeking salvation, achieving eternal bliss in the afterlife. Again think if the US founding documents... does the pursuit of happiness sound familiar? Yes.
Third was the principle of universality... that we are all equal under the law. Again, that sounds familiar.
Further, the majority of the founding fathers, and all the early presidents of the US, were deists, not Christians. They believed that while God might have created the world, he then abandoned it. In their view, there was no personal God that was interested in people and that might act on prayers. If Darwin had developed his theory of evolution 100 years earlier, it is likely they would have been atheists.
Sure, the Pilgrims arrived before the founding fathers, as did the puritans. And Puritan John Winthrop was governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s and 1640s. So while there is a Christian tradition that precedes the founding of the US, it is not Christian ideas that permeate the founding documents.
But I do not want to overstate my case. There are several Christian ideas that permeate America's culture. First is the idea of exceptionalism, that God gave this land to the Americans and that it was to be a shining city upon a hill, a nation under God. A significant segment of American Christianity, fundamentalist Christians especially, believe this idea... but it is not an idea that permeates the founding documents that instruct on the nature of the union.
Second, America is the home of pugilistic capitalism, a particularly aggressive form of capitalism that is rooted in Protestant ideas on the nasty nature of man and the idea that the selfish pursuit of one's own interests is legitimate as that is the nature of man. It is this idea that animates today's Republican party that the author seems to extol.
The extent to which the author's ideas (ideas that animate today's Republicans) gain a hold in the US, is a measure of how far the US has moved from the Enlightenment ideals that so moved the founding fathers and the early presidents and set the tone of the US. It is her ideas that are anti-Enlightenment, that are "unAmerican". | | | | Another victim May 28, 2010 |
| Let me get this strait, Christians make up 80 percent of the population yet they are the biggest victims. Get over it no one want to restrict your religion. Just because I don't believe does not mean you shouldn't, and vice versa | | |  | Rejected by Cupp's email address May 26, 2010 |
| Recently, I saw Cupp interviewed on Book tv. I was impressed that she is a former ballerina and thought it unfortunate that Edward Gorey (1925-2000) had gone to his reward, as she would be a great subject for one of his books eventhough she is not a gilded bat. Her thesis is flawed, but her search for metaphysical "truth" is authentic as well as quaint and sincere. I suspect that she sees no harm in censorship or the rationing of knowledge. Like the majority of my fellow Americans, I also suspect that "The world is independent of my will." does not rate highly in her apperceptive mass. As an 81 year old Unitarian who hasn't darkened a church pew since 1966 and has authorized the Neptune Society to dispose of his physical remnants, I found her discussion refreshing if not edifying. In my book, the media, both electronic and print, have become bland, neutral market places for puffing anything for a buck. Ever seen the ad for GIRLS GONE WILD? | | |  | a Bible teacher's review May 26, 2010 |
Losing Our Religion was a nice departure from most of the detailed and lengthy theological works I dissect. I very much appreciated S.E. Cupp's attention to documenting the many media quotes--and that footnotes and not endnotes were used! It was an objective analysis of the anti-religious sentiments that are growing in America, even if there was a large degree of wit and subtle humor involved.
I look forward to the possibility of seeing Cupp's master's thesis published in the future. As a Bible teacher, I am most interested in the personal, spiritual quest of public figures. I have a feeling that Losing Our Religion will be one in a series of treatises by S.E. Cupp as she explores the topic of religion, from the perspective of an open- and fair-minded athiest. | | | Write your own review about Losing Our Religion
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