A stunning feat of reportage that explains one of the central mysteries of the Trump era- the unholy marriage of Trump and the Evangelicals, as officiated by the alt-right.
Sarah Posner is a reporting fellow with Type Investigations at The Nation Institute. Her investigative reporting has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Nation, Mother Jones, The New Republic, HuffPost, and Talking Points Memo. Her coverage and analysis of politics and religion has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The American Prospect, VICE, Politico, and many other outlets. She graduated from Wesleyan University and has a law degree from the University of Virginia. Her story "How Trump Took Hate Groups Mainstream," published before the 2016 election, won a Sidney Hillman Foundation Award.
“Few reporters are more astute about the intersection of the
evangelical movement and American politics than Posner, and in
Unholy she reveals a backstory that anyone trying to understand how
we got to this disturbing state of affairs should read.”—Jane
Mayer, chief Washington correspondent, The New Yorker, and author
of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the
Rise of the Radical Right
“A meticulous deconstruction of the Christian right's long, slow
infiltration of Republican politics. Sarah Posner has been writing
on this subject for years, and it shows. Before Donald Trump, it
was easy to claim the Christian right lacked the power it had
during the 1980s; Posner shows that this analysis was dead
wrong.”—Janet Reitman, contributing writer, The New York Times
Magazine, and author of Inside Scientology: The Story of America’s
Most Secretive Religion
“Reading Unholy unsettles you and shows that what ails this country
goes way beyond the current occupant in the White House. This book
is a must-read for anyone who claims to be Christian and for anyone
who is concerned about our democracy.”—Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author
of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for
Our Own
“Unholy explains how moralizing evangelicals fell in love with one
of the most outwardly immoral presidents in modern American
history. Religion reporter Sarah Posner makes bold claims, but she
brings receipts. As a Christian, I found this book far more
disturbing and damning than I expected. We ignore it at our
collective peril.”—Jonathan Merritt, author of Learning to
Speak God from Scratch and contributing writer for The
Atlantic
“Posner shows how conservative politics have shifted since the
1970s, with the line between church and state blurring as
conservative Christians gained steady influence in government. Her
extensive research offers a dizzying array of right-wing think
tanks and coalitions, driven by both high- and low-profile names. .
. . Posner reckons that Trump is merely ‘a catalyst,
not a cause,’ capitalizing on racial fear, economic uncertainty,
and social unrest.”—Booklist
“Posner (God’s Profits), longtime analyst of the religious
right, . . . begins with the sense of displacement and racial
grievance white Christian conservatives experienced
following Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and traces
the development of the religious right’s political infrastructure
up until the Obama presidency, demonstrating how decades of patient
strategizing created an environment in which Trump, the perfect
televangelist candidate, could take center stage. . . . Highly
recommended for those seeking to understand how white evangelicals
developed political power.”—Library Journal
“Posner [is a] reporting fellow at Type Investigations. [Her]
authoritative investigation will be a must-read for those
interested in the connections between the Trump presidency and
evangelicalism.”—Publishers Weekly
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