The Power Worshippers

Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

Bloomsbury presents The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart, read by Tosca Hopkins.

The inspiration for the documentary God & Country

For fans 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.

©2020 Katherine Stewart (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

informative

she did her research. The history of the christian right is very interesting. There were lots of facts and dates I had no idea about. good read.

Required Reading for anyone who cares about our Constitution

We’ll research and supported narrative of the authoritarian political movement masquerading as Christian that seeks to put its leaders and members in a position of privilege over any who hold differing views,

religious extremists

important information about the dangers of religious nationalism. Support freedom from religion by any means necessary.

Christian Nationalism’s reach

I thought the book was scary if true. We should take our Freedom and Justice For all back from Russia

Chapter 11

The chapter on catholic hospitals is so sad after the overturn of roe. The book was written before that. But now you know this is all hospitals in those states.