{"product_id":"the-gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover-how-the-fbi-aided-and-abetted-the-rise-of-white-christian-nationalism-hardcover","title":"The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLerone A. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of America as a white Christian nation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a Sunday morning in 1966, a group of white evangelicals dedicated a stained glass window to J. Edgar Hoover. The FBI director was not an evangelical, but his Christian admirers anointed him as their political champion, believing he would lead America back to God. \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how Hoover and his FBI teamed up with leading white evangelicals and Catholics to bring about a white Christian America by any means necessary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLerone Martin draws on thousands of newly declassified FBI documents and memos to describe how, under Hoover's leadership, FBI agents attended spiritual retreats and worship services, creating an FBI religious culture that fashioned G-men into soldiers and ministers of Christian America. Martin shows how prominent figures such as Billy Graham, Fulton Sheen, and countless other ministers from across the country partnered with the FBI and laundered bureau intel in their sermons while the faithful crowned Hoover the adjudicator of true evangelical faith and allegiance. These partnerships not only solidified the political norms of modern white evangelicalism, they also contributed to the political rise of white Christian nationalism, establishing religion and race as the bedrock of the modern national security state, and setting the terms for today's domestic terrorism debates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking readers from the pulpits and pews of small-town America to the Oval Office, and from the grassroots to denominational boardrooms, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover\u003c\/i\u003e completely transforms how we understand the FBI, white evangelicalism, and our nation's entangled history of religion and politics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLerone A. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Professor and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. He is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePreaching on Wax: The Phonograph and the Shaping of Modern African American Religion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170174111879,"sku":"9780691175119","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cc22f488037708ec7832e919a602282f.webp?v=1733346522","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover-how-the-fbi-aided-and-abetted-the-rise-of-white-christian-nationalism-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}