“As the Bush era comes to a fitful close, and the American presidential elections approach, the Christian evangelical movement that brought the Republicans to power in 2000 is, to all outward appearances, losing its political influence. The strange spectacle of the past eight years, in which fire-breathing preachers from Colorado Springs and Lynchburg appeared to be crafting American policy, looks to be over. But Sharlet’s book puts an end to any such thoughts.” Josh Nathan-Kazis reviews The Family for Israel’s oldest paper, Haaretz. My bet is that he wrote it before McCain picked Palin…