A NOVEL BY K. C. BOYD
Being Christian
Cold. Corrupt. Christian.
A gripping psychological tale of a man who uses religion to justify his own sins and lies.
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Being Christian tells the story of a larger-than-life, yet familiar, character from his crime-ridden beginnings to the peak of his political influence in post-9/11 America.
The product of a violent home, John Christian Hillcox overcomes long odds to build an evangelical empire preaching the gospels of prosperity and End Times. A man of enormous appetites and inadequate self-control, Pastor Hillcox rallies his flock to oppose everything he considers immoral and detrimental to the United States’ identity as a Christian nation—heedless of the consequences for his loved ones and community.
Not since Elmer Gantry has a novel so exposed the religious flim-flammery and hypocrisy that threaten to tear apart the American social and political fabric.
KC Boyd's black comedy takes you on a wild and frightening ride deep into the dark side of the religious right. Horrifying and comic, provocative and sexy, it is a penetrating portrait of a fundamentalist con man who too closely resembles leading evangelical figures.
— Craig Unger, New York Times bestselling author, House of Bush, House of Saud
About the Author
K. C. Boyd grew up in Ohio and earned a B.A. in Psychology after attending university in Louisiana. The 2004 election and the growing intersection of fundamentalist religion and politics led Boyd to attend far-right evangelical services and conferences throughout the United States.
Seeing the danger of mixing State and end-times religion—and wanting to sound the alarm—Boyd realized the time had come to tell the tale through fiction. Being Christian was born.