“A devastating exposé of the Green family, funders of Christian Nationalism in the United States. Hopefully, this book will lift the veil from the eyes of those who have bought into the billionaire’s broken ideology.”
Michael Blanding is an investigative journalist and best-selling author of The Map Thief, In Shakespeare’s Shadow, and the upcoming The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby (PublicAffairs, July 14, 2026).
The book is 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. They have propped up evangelical education through donations money and land; funneled millions of dollars to organizations working to overturn Roe v. Wade and to undermine LGBTQ rights; successfully fought a Supreme Court case to deny employees insurance coverage for contraception; and acquired looted, stolen, and forged artifacts from the Middle East to stock their multimillion-dollar Museum of the Bible. In a riveting exposé, Blanding traces the pivotal role the Green family has played in funding and empowering America’s dangerous, ascendant Christian nationalist movement.
“A tale of extremism, carelessness, greed, and hypocrisy, Blanding’s gripping narrative exposes the damage that has been wrought by a single family devoted to both God and profit.”