Katherine Stewart

Bad Faith

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In spare and elegant prose, Balmer demolishes the myth that abortion was the issue that launched the Religious Right and replaces it with an uncomfortable fact: it was always about race. More than that, Balmer asks us to consider the consequences of the later suppression of that fact, and points to a profound connection between that willful forgetting and the alliance of the Religious Right with white supremacy and racist demagoguery today. Bad Faith invites us all to rethink our assumptions about the nexus of race, religion, and politics and the origins of our present crisis.”

Bring Back Your People

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Aaron Scott offers an empathic guide for communicating with the 'Cousin Randys' in our midst: downwardly mobile, largely White friends and family members who, having fallen for the identity politics and false promises of the Christian nationalist movement, are among its many victims. Bring Back Your People is sure to spark some of the courageous conversations we need right now.”

Preparing for War

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In this compelling and scholarly mix of memoir and cultural and political history, Bradley Onishi brings to bear his experience as a former Christian nationalist movement insider to expose the radicalism behind the January 6th insurrection. Gripping and essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the threat that this movement poses to American democracy.”

The Christian Past That Wasn't

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“With scholarship and panache, Warren Throckmorton deftly skewers the hoary myths of Christian nationalism. The Christian Past That Wasn't is an important book at a critical moment.”

The Violent Take It by Force

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Fascinating and revelatory... Taylor's sensitively reported exploration is a vital contribution to our understanding of the crisis facing democracy.”

Weapons of Worship

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Blending sharp analysis, in-depth reporting, and insights gleaned as a former worship leader, Pidcock offers a fascinating insider's guide to the music industry aimed at white evangelical audiences. Along the way he explores the idea of worship music as political warfare, deftly showing how its power dynamics of authority and submission help sacralize the drive to a theocratic and autocratic order.”