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Money, lies, and God : inside the movement to destroy American democracy / Katherine Stewart.

Stewart, Katherine, (author.). Bloomsbury (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary:

"Why 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. Along the way, she provides a compelling analysis of the authoritarian reaction in the United States."--provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 163557854X
ISBN: 9781635578546
Physical Description: 338 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-317) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Part 1. Money. California dreaming -- A tale of two busches -- School's out forever -- The room where it happens -- Part II. Lies. The permanent emergency -- The resentment of the campus misfits -- Smashing the administrative state -- Part III. Demons. The rise of the spirit warriors -- God and man in Las Vegas -- No exit -- Exporting the counterrevolution -- Conclusion: The way forward? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.