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Matthew Avery Sutton

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A New Documentary Exposes the Truth About the Religious Right

It’s a political movement willing to align with anyone to win.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via Made by History on November 16, 2022
The Capitol Riot Revealed the Darkest Nightmares of White Evangelical America

How 150 years of apocalyptic agitation culminated in an insurrection.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via The New Republic on January 14, 2021
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Explaining the Bond Between Trump and White Evangelicals

It's all about an agenda — and it's nothing new.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via Made by History on November 21, 2019
Billy Graham Was On the Wrong Side of History

Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help. That may be Graham’s most significant legacy.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via The Guardian on February 21, 2018

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Cover of Matthew Avery Sutton's "American Apocalypse" featuring a drawing of people being raptured.

Back to the Fundamentals

Apocalyptic thinking in early Christian fundamentalism.

via BackStory on December 14, 2012

Illustration of Q-Anon vigilantes climbing an electrified letter Q.

QAnon Is the Latest American Conspiracy Theory

The rise of the right-wing paranoid fantasy, egged on by Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene, reflects deep currents in American politics.

by Chris Lehmann via The Nation on February 6, 2023

The Mainstreaming of Christian Zionism Could Warp Foreign Policy

How the history of dispensationalism shapes U.S. foreign policy today.

by Jeffrey Rosario via Made by History on June 30, 2020

'I Love America': Fundamentalist Responses to World War II

The fundamentalist movement took the war as an opportunity to rebrand.

by Anderson Rouse via Process: A Blog for American History on March 12, 2019

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