January 6, 2021, was a day that changed the nation forever, and we are still feeling the impact of the insurrection years later. How can we confront the increasingly dangerous and violent force of white Christian nationalism? The books below explore drivers behind the rise of white Christian nationalism and the reality of its impact on society, including its propensity for violence and the ways it perpetuates racism and xenophobia. By examining its history and facing these uncomfortable truths, we can foster a deeper understanding of white Christian nationalism and explore proactive steps we can take to counter its harmful influence.
Leafing through photos from the January 6 insurrection, extremist researcher Noelle Cook was struck by how many women looked like her: middle-aged white women in puffy coats. With arresting detail, The Conspiracists draws us into the lives of conspiratorial women to explore how and why women are becoming radicalized. As misinformation spreads and extremism intensifies, The Conspiracists helps us understand women's conspiracism to give us hope of countering its force.
Our nation is awash in more guns than citizens. In the pages of In Guns We Trust, former evangelical and veteran journalist William J. Kole looks at the unholy alliance between white evangelicals, guns, and politics. Writing in the tradition of Tim Alberta and Kristin Kobes du Mez, he takes us into sanctuaries where worshippers raise hands and pack heat. With meticulous research, humanizing interviews, and immersive narrative, Kole pulls back the curtain on the locked-and-loaded Christianity that got us here.
When charismatic believers wage spiritual battles, ideas can take tangible form. With scholarly precision and narrative force, religion scholar Matthew D. Taylor makes intelligible the language, leaders, and symbols of the New Apostolic Reformation, which has galvanized support for Trump and far-right leaders around the world. The Violent Take It by Force maps a movement of magnetic leaders and their uncompromising beliefs—and where it might be headed next.
How to End Christian Nationalism
Christian nationalism is a powerful and pervasive ideology, and it is becoming normalized. How to End Christian Nationalism is the essential guidebook for Christians alarmed by the rise of Christian nationalism and committed to faith freedom for all. Amanda Tyler, lead organizer of the Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign, helps us confront Christian nationalist fervor and invite others to a better version of the gospel.
The rise of White Christian nationalism seems impossible to stop. We need a road map to countering recruitment. And we needed it yesterday. For White folks alarmed by the rise of Christian nationalism, Bring Back Your People is a mouthy, practical guide to resisting, organizing, and holding conversations with your friends, family, or anyone else who has been misled by White Christian nationalist ideas.
The insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was not a blip or an aberration. It was the logical outcome of years of a White evangelical subculture's preparation for war. Religion scholar and former insider Bradley Onishi maps the origins of White Christian nationalism and traces its offshoots in Preparing for War. Through chapters on White supremacy and segregationist theologies, conspiracy theories, the Christian-school movement, purity culture, and the right-wing media ecosystem, Onishi pulls back the curtain on a subculture that birthed a movement and has taken a dangerous turn.
White boys and men are dangerous.
White boys and men are struggling.
Both of these statements are staggeringly true in America today. Disciples of White Jesus is a sensitive, searing, and unsparing look at American boyhood by journalist, mother, and pastor Angela Denker that offers a comprehensive look at the rise in radicalization among young white men in America, especially focused on the role of right-wing Christianity in the increase of religious-based hatred and violence.
Veteran journalist Angela Denker spent a year traveling across the United States, interviewing the Evangelical Christian voters who supported the Trump presidency and exploring how their voting block continues to influence the landscape of modern conservative politics. In this expanded edition of Red State Christians, Denker reflects on the lasting impact of the Trump presidency, the Christian white nationalism it emboldened, the 2020 election and transfer of power, and the subsequent insurrection at the United States Capitol. A must-read for those hoping to truly understand what Trumpism means for the 2020s and beyond.
The Christian Past That Wasn't
America was not founded as a Christian nation. Who gains what from myths about the past? Why are many of us susceptible to their power? And how can the truth about a nation's past prevail? In The Christian Past That Wasn't, Warren Throckmorton investigates the gloss that Christian nationalist storytellers put on history and equips readers to debunk seven myths that they propagate. To understand Christian nationalism, we must know the power of myth. To counter it, we must know the facts.
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