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"Christian nationalism is not a grassroots movement; it's a top-down movement led by billionaires and the religious activists who enjoy their patronage. As Michael Blanding shows us, the Green family of Hobby Lobby has been instrumental in spreading more than kitschy home decor--they have carried out an integrated campaign to make America Christian again. For Americans passionate about true religious liberty--including liberty from religion--this is a must-read." --
Samuel L. Perry, coauthor of The Flag and the Cross
Biographical Note:
Michael Blanding is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in
The New York Times,
Wired,
Boston magazine, and other publications. A former writing fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, he is the author of
The Map Thief and
In Shakespeare's Shadow. He lives in the Boston area.
Review Quotes:
"Michael Blanding's
The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby reads like a thriller about greed, grift, and God--yet every word is true. Blanding pairs dogged investigative reporting with a storyteller's eye for detail, to construct the riveting account of a powerful family that has remade our nation. No book has taught me more about who America is today and the forces that delivered us here." --
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of The Fact of a Body
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"A fascinating exploration of corporate involvement in the religious and conservative right, appealing to readers interested in conservatism and religion." --
Library Journal
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"Enlightening . . . [
The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby] offers insight into a powerful family's relentless approach to spreading their beliefs." --
Publishers Weekly
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"An eye-opening look at the crossroads of money, religion, and politics." --
Kirkus
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The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby is a devastating exposé of the Green family, funders of Christian nationalism in the United States. This book will lift the veil from the eyes of those who have bought into the billionaire family's broken ideology." --
Andrew L. Seidel, author of The Founding Myth
Review Quotes:
"This page-turner sheds light on one family's efforts to embed Christian nationalism into the heart of our nation. Their mission is far-flung in its reach--Michael Blanding takes us from windswept Oklahoman prairies to plundered museums in Iraq to a library tucked away in an Egyptian monastery. Absorbing and fearless,
The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby exposes a movement that is reshaping the American political landscape." --
Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Feather Thief
Publisher Marketing:
A revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence--and fortune--to push a radical religious agenda
"Blanding's gripping narrative exposes the damage that has been wrought by a single family devoted to both God and profit." --Joshua Hammer, New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
Hobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar craft store chain with more than a thousand US locations, founded and owned by the Greens--an evangelical Christian family committed to establishing the Bible as the ultimate authority behind our laws and society.
In
The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby, Michael Blanding reveals how the Greens have quietly yet effectively used their vast wealth to spread their beliefs throughout the US and beyond. They have run expensive, wide-reaching ad campaigns to inculcate biblical values and have propped up evangelical education through donations of money and land. They successfully fought a Supreme Court case to deny their employees insurance coverage for contraception and funneled millions of dollars to organizations working to overturn
Roe v. Wade and to undermine LGBTQ rights. And, for their multimillion-dollar Museum of the Bible just blocks from the US Capitol building, they've acquired looted, stolen, and forged biblical antiquities from the Middle East. In a riveting exposé, Blanding traces the Greens' efforts to sell their evangelical mission.
Captivating and disturbing,
The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby exposes the pivotal role the Green family has played in funding and empowering America's dangerous, ascendant Christian nationalist movement.
Review Citations:
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Publishers Weekly 05/04/2026 (EAN 9781541703940, Hardcover)
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Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2026 (EAN 9781541703940, Hardcover)
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