The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover by Lerone A. Martin audiobook

The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

By Lerone A. Martin
Read by Langston Darby

Highbridge Audio

Unabridged

Format : Retail CD (In Stock)
  • $49.99

    ISBN: 9798212450478

  • $45.95

    ISBN: 9798212450461

Runtime: 12.56 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/History
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

The shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of America as a white Christian nation.

Lerone Martin draws on thousands of newly declassified FBI documents and memos to describe how, under J. Edgar Hoover's leadership, FBI agents attended spiritual retreats and worship services, creating an FBI religious culture that fashioned G-men into soldiers and ministers of Christian America. Martin shows how prominent figures such as Billy Graham, Fulton Sheen, and countless other ministers from across the country partnered with the FBI and laundered bureau intel in their sermons while the faithful crowned Hoover the adjudicator of true evangelical faith and allegiance. These partnerships not only solidified the political norms of modern white evangelicalism, they also contributed to the political rise of white Christian nationalism, establishing religion and race as the bedrock of the modern national security state, and setting the terms for today's domestic terrorism debates.

Taking listeners from the pulpits and pews of small-town America to the Oval Office, and from the grassroots to denominational boardrooms, The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover completely transforms how we understand the FBI, white evangelicalism, and our nation's entangled history of religion and politics.

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Author Bio: Lerone A. Martin

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Available Formats : Retail CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/History
Runtime: 12.56
Audience: Adult
Language: English