The Power Worshippers
by Katherine Stewart
How religion got a lobbyist badge.
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Stewart exposes the machinery behind the Christian nationalist movement — a sprawling, data-driven, corporate-funded crusade to turn faith into political power. Forget the culture war; this is the war on culture. A chilling, essential read for anyone who still believes “it can’t happen here.” Spoiler: it already is.
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