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"What happens when Americans lose faith in their religious institutions-and politicians fill the void? From the Puritans to Donald Trump, this sweeping history by a New York Times contributing opinion writer will change your understanding of the forces that create leaders and hold their followers ca...

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Main Author: Worthen, Molly (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Forum Books, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Charisma (Personality trait) > United States.
Personality > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Personality and politics > United States.
Political leadership > United States.
Religion and politics > United States.
United States > Religious life and customs.
United States > Politics and government.
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Summary:"What happens when Americans lose faith in their religious institutions-and politicians fill the void? From the Puritans to Donald Trump, this sweeping history by a New York Times contributing opinion writer will change your understanding of the forces that create leaders and hold their followers captive"--
Physical Description:xxvii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780593729007
0593729005
Author Notes:Molly Worthen is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a freelance journalist. She teaches courses on North American religion and politics, global Christianity, and the history of ideas. She writes on these themes for The New York Times and has contributed to The New Yorker, Slate, The American Prospect, Foreign Policy, and other publications. She has also created video and audio courses on the history of Christianity and the history of charismatic leadership for the Great Courses and Audible. Her previous books are Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism and The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost: The Grand Strategy of Charles Hill .

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