9781635573435-1635573432-The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

ISBN-13: 9781635573435
ISBN-10: 1635573432
Author: Katherine Stewart
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover 352 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781635573435
ISBN-10: 1635573432
Author: Katherine Stewart
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover 352 pages

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The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (ISBN-13: 9781635573435 and ISBN-10: 1635573432), written by authors Katherine Stewart, was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other United States History (Church & State, Religious Studies, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $5.56.

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For readers of Democracy in Chains and Dark Money, a revelatory investigation of the Religious Right's rise to political power.

For too long the Religious Right has masqueraded as a social movement preoccupied with a number of cultural issues, such as abortion and same-sex marriage. In her deeply reported investigation, Katherine Stewart reveals a disturbing truth: this is a political movement that seeks to gain power and to impose its vision on all of society. America's religious nationalists aren't just fighting a culture war, they are waging a political war on the norms and institutions of American democracy.

Stewart pulls back the curtain on the inner workings and leading personalities of a movement that has turned religion into a tool for domination. She exposes a dense network of think tanks, advocacy groups, and pastoral organizations embedded in a rapidly expanding community of international alliances and united not by any central command but by a shared, anti-democratic vision and a common will to power. She follows the money that fuels this movement, tracing much of it to a cadre of super-wealthy, ultraconservative donors and family foundations. She shows that today's Christian nationalism is the fruit of a longstanding antidemocratic, reactionary strain of American thought that draws on some of the most troubling episodes in America's past. It forms common cause with a globe-spanning movement that seeks to destroy liberal democracy and replace it with nationalist, theocratic and autocratic forms of government around the world. Religious nationalism is far more organized and better funded than most people realize. It seeks to control all aspects of government and society. Its successes have been stunning, and its influence now extends to every aspect of American life, from the White House to state capitols, from our schools to our hospitals.

The Power Worshippers is a brilliantly reported book of warning and a wake-up call. Stewart's probing examination demands that Christian nationalism be taken seriously as a significant threat to the American republic and our democratic freedoms.

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