This book is about the major diluting factors in the organized church in this country (USA). This dilution has to do with the church's - particularly the conservative religious right crowd's - dependency and focus on politics as the major means of changing culture in this country.
They said I should loose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my faith in practical politics. — G. K. Chesterton