Erecting the Pulpit: Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump by Hall, Amy Laura

Erecting the Pulpit: Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump

Examines a powerful yet overlooked form of Christian Nationalism-one that fuses faith, masculinity, capitalism, and political power...
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Author: Amy Laura Hall
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Erecting the Pulpit: Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump by Hall, Amy Laura

Erecting the Pulpit: Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump

$60.80

Erecting the Pulpit: Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump

$60.80
Author: Amy Laura Hall
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Examines a powerful yet overlooked form of Christian Nationalism-one that fuses faith, masculinity, capitalism, and political power under the guise of moral leadership. Beginning with Theodore Roosevelt's "Muscular Christianity" and tracing the conceit of faithful and fit male leadership through figures like Billy Graham and cultural institutions like National Prayer Breakfasts and modern mega-churches, and flourishing under the administration of Donald Trump, Erecting the Pulpit reveals how religious rhetoric has been wielded to sanctify power and divide communities.

Drawing on her firsthand experiences and years of conversations with participants-from Cowboy Churches to NASCAR chaplaincies and storefront churches with folding chairs to meetings with the parachurch group Young Life-theologian Amy Laura Hall examines the cultural and political forces that have made evangelicalism "ambient" while consolidating wealth and influence. At a time when politicians are expected to pray in public and religious themes shape public policy, Hall offers a vivid, incisive exploration of how religious expressions of faith in the United States have been strategically repackaged to sustain political and economic hierarchies and keep women subservient to men.

Author: Amy Laura Hall
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 05/14/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.11h x 6.11w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9798216383475


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/23/2026

About the Author
Amy Laura Hall is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University, where she has taught since 1999. She is the author of four books, including Conceiving Parenthood: American Protestantism and the Spirit of Reproduction (2007) and Laughing at the Devil: Seeing the World with Julian of Norwich (2018). A noted authority on Christianity and culture in the U.S., Hall has also contributed investigative essays on Protestantism and politics to Religion Dispatches and Religion News Service.

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