Sunday, July 28, 2024

The Power Worshipers, Katherine Stewart

 

The Power Worshippers:  Inside the dangerous rise of religious nationalism by Katherine Stewart

Started: July 25, 2024
Completed: July 28, 2024
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody

Review:

This book is becoming a bit dated as it was released in the midst of the Trump presidency.  Nonetheless, it offers invaluable insights into the Religious Right (Christian Nationalists), how they are organized, and what their goals are.  They would truly like to have an autocratic theocracy.  So, when Trump appeals to them for their votes and then says that after this election they won't have to ever vote again, this cries out to their hearts, though it sends shivers down the rest of our spies.  They identify their enemies simply be determining whether a secular government is considered good (enemy) or whether there should be a separation between church and state (enemy).  The organization is not simply national, but international organizations seem to be comingling.  Given the historic past of how this failed to work (and lead to constant bickering) it could be their undoing, but, for now, it is making the movement even more powerful.  Ugh.

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