I grew up Pentecostal, so it was hard to read such an elegant breakdown of my childhood religious culture. The black and white mindset she describes is so on the nose. This book is a valuable tool for any progressive who really wants to understand WHY conservative Christians think the way they do. If you really want to change their hearts, you have to understand the way they live and think. Talking to them like a fellow progressive doesn’t work. I gave her four stars (4.5 if I could) because of an omission I thought was critical considering the subject matter: What about pray away the gay camps? Those places that the religious right sign away their children to where they are left with “counselors” who antagonize them night and day. She mentions ex-gay ministries but I was very surprised there wasn’t even a throwaway line about these places. They’re in the news every so often.