{"title":"Katherine Stewart","description":"\u003cp\u003eKatherine Stewart explores the complex intersections of faith, power, and politics, offering incisive investigations into the ways religion shapes public life. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eMoney, Lies, and God\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Power Worshippers\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the influence of religious movements on American democracy and policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful, well-researched narratives that challenge conventional perspectives and invite critical reflection on the role of belief systems within contemporary society. 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It is, as Stewart observes, being murdered.\" – \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Meticulously researched, elegantly written, and hard-hitting.\" – Kristin Kobes Du Mez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Power Worshippers\u003c\/em\u003e, \"an indispensable citizen's guide to the anti-democratic MAGA Right in America\" (Congressman Jamie Raskin).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy have so many Americans turned against democracy? In this deeply reported book, Katherine Stewart takes us to conferences of conspiracy-mongers, backroom strategy gatherings, and services at extremist churches, and profiles the people who want to tear it all down. She introduces us to reactionary Catholic activists, atheist billionaires, pseudo-Platonist intellectuals, self-appointed apostles of Jesus, disciples of Ayn Rand, women-hating opponents of “the gynocracy,” pronatalists preoccupied with the dearth of white babies, Covid truthers, militia members masquerading as “concerned moms” and battalions of spirit warriors who appear to be inventing a new style of religion even as they set about attacking democracy at its foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, she provides a compelling analysis of the authoritarian reaction in the United States. She demonstrates that the movement relies on several distinct constituencies, with very different and often conflicting agendas. 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