 First edition | |
| Author | Katherine Stewart |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | 2020 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover), e-book |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-1-63557-343-5 |
| OCLC | 1141734279 |
The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism is a 2020 nonfiction book by American journalist and author Katherine Stewart. The book describes Christian nationalism in the United States as a regressive political ideology with historical ties to opposition to abolitionism in the 19th century, hostility towards Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs in the 1930s, and resistance to the civil rights movement in the 1950s. Christian nationalists, Stewart argues, falsely believe that America was founded on the Bible and vocally reject the principle of separation of church and state established by the Founding Fathers of the United States, desiring instead to impose their version of theocracy and authoritarianism in its place, often by force.