Abstract
As the subtitle of this volume suggests, this is a Marxist critique of Christian radio, and more specifically a critical case study of James Dobson's radio program Focus on the Family. The author, Paul Apostolidis, Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, promises his readers a kinder, gentler marxism, a "nonreductive, more nuanced" critique, one which does not "merely dismiss" religion "as a pack of capitalist lies, but tries to convert its protestative strength into different modes of historically concrete expression" (6-7). The difference between this new marxism and the old version is one of emphasis rather than [End Page 563] substance. Religion still is "a pack of capitalist lies" for Apostolidis. But because it is also a protest against oppression, it has some political potential that can be tapped by radical activists. Whereas classical Marxists hoped to eradicate religion, the neo-Marxists' plan is to turn its energies to their own purposes: if you cannot beat religion, then at least co-opt it.
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