Folks who have read Francis Schaeffer might want to know something of the route his son has taken -- or might be curious about the recent book by the son -- don't confuse Francis (the father) with Frank (the son).  I don't totally disagree with what Frank writes, well most of it I disagree with, but mostly I wonder at the tone (article link):

When Republican governors refuse bailout money on “principle,” and Rush Limbaugh—the new enraged face of the Republican Party—has hysterics over the idea of the government helping us get back on our feet, what you’re seeing is today’s political version of the go-it-alone Protestant theology of individualism in action.

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Since America was founded by Protestants escaping traditional ideas of religion, individualism was embedded in America’s DNA as a matter of faith. It carried over to later generations and dovetailed nicely with certain similar ideas that derived from the Enlightenment.

To the extent that the Republicans became the party of white evangelicals, they are also the repository of the anti-state individualism of the Great Awakening. Conversely, as the Democratic Party became the party of immigrants from Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, and African cultures, it was imbued with a traditional ethic of collective responsibility.

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Most Americans (including many young evangelicals) know that we live or die together. If two lines were forming and one led to Rush Limbaugh’s (hyper-Protestant) individualistic go-it-alone America, where everyone is on their own, and the other led to President Obama’s America, where each person is his or her brother’s keeper, the majority of Americans would be in Obama’s line today.

Individualism = bad, tribalism = good.  (And with that, a belief that Jesus was more a tribalist than an individualist).  Sorry, but his writing really is that simplistic!

Frank Schaeffer's attitude might be better 'divined' from another article, also, I think, timed for the promotion of his book (article link):

The bestselling status of the Left Behind novels proves that, not unlike Islamist terrorists who behead their enemies, many evangelical/fundamentalist readers relish the prospect of God doing lots of messy killing for them as they watch in comfort from on high. They want revenge on all people not like them—forever.

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Christian Zionists are yet another reason why I and countless other Christians, including many of the more moderate evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Roman Catholics, and Orthodox are hesitant to be labeled “Christian.” Who wants to be confused with some of the most dangerous and stupid people in the world: nuclear-armed, paranoid evangelical/fundamentalist Bible thumpers rooting for Armageddon and worrying in paranoid “official” documents about being forced to become like “the Europeans”? (Just a thought: does that make high-speed rail service a tool of the Devil?)

Perhaps I’m not alone when I say that it would be tempting to walk away from trying to follow Jesus, if for no other reason than to avoid the constant hassle of having to explain what I’m not.

I can only conclude that Frank Schaeffer is a very bitter, unhappy guy -- though I'm sure he'd say he's much happier now that he's not a conservative evangelical.  Either that, or he seriously misunderstands the vast majority of the conservative Christians that are out there (don't get me wrong, there are some fruitcakes, and Frank has certainly known some of the celebrity Christian fruitcakes).