{"product_id":"erecting-the-pulpit-muscular-christianity-from-teddy-roosevelt-to-donald-trump-9798216383475","title":"Erecting the Pulpit: Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines a powerful yet overlooked form of Christian Nationalism-one that fuses faith, masculinity, capitalism, and political power under the guise of moral leadership.\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eErecting the Pulpit \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how religious rhetoric has been wielded to sanctify power and divide communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Laura Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 6.11w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798216383475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Laura Hall\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eConceiving Parenthood: American Protestantism and the Spirit of Reproduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eLaughing at the Devil: Seeing the World with Julian of Norwich\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). A noted authority on Christianity and culture in the U.S., Hall has also contributed investigative essays on Protestantism and politics to \u003ci\u003eReligion Dispatches\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReligion News Service\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Amy Laura Hall \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48397140426909,"sku":"9798216383475","price":60.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_14fcb350-e37f-4916-b38a-3cee5c558efd.jpg?v=1781074155","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/erecting-the-pulpit-muscular-christianity-from-teddy-roosevelt-to-donald-trump-9798216383475","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}