For readers of Democracy in Chains and Dark Money, a revelatory investigation of the Religious Right’s rise to political power.
Katherine Stewart is the author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism. She writes about politics, policy, and religion for The New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, and The New Republic. Her previous book, The Good News Club, was an examination of the religious right and public education.
Ambitious ... required reading for anyone who wants to map the
continuing erosion of our already fragile wall between church and
state.
*The Washington Post*
Both an examination of a new social and cultural phenomenon—and a
call for action.
*The Boston Globe*
Chilling . . . Much of what Stewart recounts would seem incredible
were it not presented through extensive quotations from speeches
by, documents of, and conversations with movement leaders.
*Foreign Affairs*
With more than a decade of experience covering conservative
Christianity, Stewart is adept at conveying the gravity of its
aims. She goes deeper than any facile culture-wars discourse,
digging into the evangelical right’s fervor to gain political power
and privilege in the name of religious liberty.
*Texas Observer*
This is not a ‘culture war.’ It is a political war over the future
of democracy. This is a bold claim, but one that Stewart backs up
with deep reporting on the religious right’s infrastructure.
*Linda Greenhouse, New York Review of Books*
Invaluable ... The Power Worshippers should be read by all
Americans who believe in democracy and the separation of church and
state.
*New York Journal of Books*
A truly informative and smooth read about a sprawling movement and
the many ways it exercises power over the lives of all
Americans.
*Democracy Journal*
Powerful and persuasive argument ... [illuminated] with an array of
history and political reporting, effectively weaving a portrait of
our current grim situation with the threads from the past.
*Daily Kos*
Bringing some clarity to the make-up of the Christian nationalist
movement is just one of the myths Stewart busts in her upcoming
book ... Equally important for us to understand is that this
movement isn’t simply about culture wars.
*Washington Monthly*
[Stewart is] a seasoned investigative journalist, weaving together
historical analysis and on-the-ground reporting to create engaging
narratives . . . offer[ing] a behind-the-scenes view of how an
interconnected network of think tanks, advocacy groups, and
pastoral organizations joined forces with global anti-democratic
religious nationalists long before entities like Russia became
players in the 2016 presidential election.
*The Humanist*
A must-read for those interested in the influence of religion on
politics and the effects on our political institutions.
*Library Journal, starred review*
A timely and useful introduction to the single most organized force
in American politics today ... demonstrates how the Christian
nationalist movement has successfully redirected public resources
to fund their own private religious initiatives, like the public
financing of religious charter schools through tax breaks and grant
programs.
*Baffler*
A comprehensive, chilling look at America’s Christian nationalist
movement.
*Publishers Weekly*
[The] thoroughly researched facts as she lays them out are hard to
argue with . . . [an] undeniably powerful examination of the
Christian right's political motives.
*Kirkus Reviews*
A more comprehensive, if still compact, journey through the
labyrinth of interlocking organizations and personalities that form
the ecosystem of a movement that embraces ‘identity-based
authoritarian rule over pluralistic, democratic processes,’ and
seeks to transform the U.S. to serve that vision.
*Shelf Awareness*
Eye-opening . . . We learn, here, from a committed deep
researcher—years of devoted travel, interviews, reading—that this
movement is a good deal more dedicated and scarily more ambitious
than the rest of us have so far noticed.
*Sullivan County Democrat*
A fascinating x-ray into the political eco-system of religious
conservatives who threaten the health of our democratic
institutions.
*Julian E. Zelizer, author of THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW*
Read The Power Worshippers and you will understand why nothing is
more important to the health of our common life than challenging
the false moral narrative of religious nationalism.
*William J. Barber, II, President of Repairers of the Breach &
Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral
Revival*
Katherine Stewart presents chilling evidence that millions of
American churchgoers are being inflamed and exploited by a cynical,
well-funded alliance of power seekers. Read The Power Worshippers
to understand what the relentless political agitation against
abortion and homosexuality has really achieved—and for whom.
*Nancy MacLean, author of DEMOCRACY IN CHAINS*
Employing a sharp investigative eye, Stewart connects the dots
between radical theocratic groups that want to create an officially
‘Christian nation’ and extreme free-market libertarians who despise
social programs for the poor, taxes and public institutions. After
reading this book, you should be prepared to fight back like
nothing less than our democracy is at stake – because it is.
*Rob Boston, Americans United for Separation of Church and
State*
Katherine Stewart takes on the enormous task of revealing who
exactly is pulling the levers of power in our communities,
statehouses, and federal government. A must-read.
*Andrew Whitehead, author of TAKING AMERICA BACK FOR GOD*
We are faced with a religious movement that is fundamentally
opposed to pluralism and has long-term plans to transform America
into a Christian nation. An adept, highly readable and important
work.
*Julie Ingersoll, author of BUILDING GOD'S KINGDOM*
The Power Worshippers provides a detailed explanation of how the
Religious Right has used its power to advance religion-based
government in harmful ways.
*Justia*
Both [The Power Worshippers and Shadow Network] have done
impressive archival and on-the-ground research. These books are two
of the fullest accounts of Christian nationalism to date. . . .
Together, they paint a multidimensional portrait of the
politicization of Christian faith that has neither a single source
nor a majority of support among American Christians, despite its
disproportionate impact.
*Christian Century*
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