American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
Author(s): Andrew Whitehead
Publisher: Brazos Press
Price: $3.99       (Oct 13 Only)

Foreword INDIES 2023 Book of the Year Award (GOLD Winner for Religion)

2024 Midwest Book Award Winner (Religion & Philosophy)

“Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration.”–Library Journal

“A fascinating investigation of politics and racism in American Christian evangelicalism.”–Foreword Reviews

Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity.

Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey andreveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church.

Whitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence. He uses two key examples–racism and xenophobia–to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward.

American Idolatry encourages further conversation about what Christian nationalism threatens, how to face it, and why it is vitally important to do so. It will help identify Christian nationalism and build a framework that makes sense of the relationship between faith and the current political and cultural context.

The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
Author(s): Kaitlyn Schiess
Publisher: Brazos Press
Price: $3.99       (Oct 13 Only)

Pursue a Biblical Basis for Your Political Engagement

How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn from America’s history of using the Bible in politics? How can we converse with people whose views differ from our own?

In The Ballot and the Bible, Kaitlyn Schiess explores these questions and more. She unpacks examples of how Americans have connected the Bible to politics in the past, highlighting times it was applied well and times it was egregiously misused.

Schiess combines American political history and biblical interpretation to help readers
● faithfully read Scripture
● talk with others about it
● apply it to contemporary political issues–and to their lives

★ “A nuanced look at America’s legacy of scriptural language.”–Publishers Weekly starred review

Christianity Today 2024 Book Award Finalist (Politics and Public Life)