Philip S. Gorski, Professor of Sociology at Yale University, is a comparative and historical sociologist who writes on religion and politics in early modern and modern Europe and North America. His work has been featured and discussed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and other national media outlets. He is the author, most recently, of American Babylon: Christianity and Democracy Before and After Trump (2020) and American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present (2017).Samuel L. Perry is a sociologist of American religion, race, politics, sexuality, and families and serves as Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his scholarship in leading scientific journals, he has written for outlets like The Washington Post and Time Magazine and his work has been featured in Time, The New Yorker, The Economist,the New York Times, and elsewhere. He is the author or co-author of Growing God's Family (2017), Addicted to Lust (Oxford 2019), Taking America Back for God (Oxford 2020).

• Introduction: The EruptionChapter 1: What is WCN? Mapping the LandscapeChapter 2: When did it Begin? Bedrock FoundationsChapter 3: How Does it Work? Seismographic ReadingsConclusion: Where It's Going: Herrenvolk Autocracy or Multiracial Democracy?

Though the book classes as religion, it will be important reading for students of sociology and political science as well as students of religion, given its sophisticated survey work. It will also interest nonacademic readers struggling to understand the impact of this movement on American politics.

Philip S. Gorski, Professor of Sociology at Yale University, is a comparative and historical sociologist who writes on religion and politics in early modern and modern Europe and North America. His work has been featured and discussed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and other national media outlets. He is the author, most recently, of American Babylon: Christianity and Democracy Before and After Trump (2020) and American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present (2017).Samuel L. Perry is a sociologist of American religion, race, politics, sexuality, and families and serves as Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his scholarship in leading scientific journals, he has written for outlets like The Washington Post and Time Magazine and his work has been featured in Time, The New Yorker, The Economist,the New York Times, and elsewhere. He is the author or co-author of Growing God's Family (2017), Addicted to Lust (Oxford 2019), Taking America Back for God (Oxford 2020).

• Introduction: The EruptionChapter 1: What is WCN? Mapping the LandscapeChapter 2: When did it Begin? Bedrock FoundationsChapter 3: How Does it Work? Seismographic ReadingsConclusion: Where It's Going: Herrenvolk Autocracy or Multiracial Democracy?

Though the book classes as religion, it will be important reading for students of sociology and political science as well as students of religion, given its sophisticated survey work. It will also interest nonacademic readers struggling to understand the impact of this movement on American politics.

Philip S. Gorski, Professor of Sociology at Yale University, is a comparative and historical sociologist who writes on religion and politics in early modern and modern Europe and North America. His work has been featured and discussed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and other national media outlets. He is the author, most recently, of American Babylon: Christianity and Democracy Before and After Trump (2020) and American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present (2017).Samuel L. Perry is a sociologist of American religion, race, politics, sexuality, and families and serves as Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his scholarship in leading scientific journals, he has written for outlets like The Washington Post and Time Magazine and his work has been featured in Time, The New Yorker, The Economist,the New York Times, and elsewhere. He is the author or co-author of Growing God's Family (2017), Addicted to Lust (Oxford 2019), Taking America Back for God (Oxford 2020).

• Introduction: The EruptionChapter 1: What is WCN? Mapping the LandscapeChapter 2: When did it Begin? Bedrock FoundationsChapter 3: How Does it Work? Seismographic ReadingsConclusion: Where It's Going: Herrenvolk Autocracy or Multiracial Democracy?

Though the book classes as religion, it will be important reading for students of sociology and political science as well as students of religion, given its sophisticated survey work. It will also interest nonacademic readers struggling to understand the impact of this movement on American politics.