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Katherine Stewart

Katherine Stewart is the author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (Bloomsbury). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, and the New York Review of Books.

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NOT SO HIDDEN AGENDA

Mike Pompeo’s Global Holy War Against Liberal Democracy

Under the guise of religious liberty, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is pushing repressive ideas about religion that offer cover to authoritarian regimes.

Katherine Stewart

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Happy Hour With the Christian Right at ‘Angelic’ Trump Hotel

The New Apostolic Reformation is a conservative Christian group that believes in prophecy, angels and demons, and that Donald Trump is “God’s candidate.” Here’s how they party.

Katherine Stewart

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Tailgate Prayer Party

At public schools across the U.S., Christian youth groups gather to pray in a way that is legal but may test legal boundaries, reports Katherine Stewart from a school in Tennessee.

Katherine Stewart

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