Erecting the Pulpit
Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 23 July 2026
- ISBN 9798216383475
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 232x160x24 mm
- Weight 540 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 b&w illustrations 700
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Short description:
Erecting the Bully Pulpit illuminates the entanglement of Social Darwinism, muscular Christianity, and American power. Amy Laura Hall reveals how a gospel of manly dominance has shaped U.S. religion, politics, and economics-and invites readers to consider a more just and radical alternative.
MoreLong description:
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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.
Table of Contents:
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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What Is Muscular Christianity?
Why a Pulpit?
What Is Mainstream Evangelicalism?
Deciders
""Dynamite or Gospel""
Where Am I?
Fathers Know Best?
1. Fitness
""It Is the BRITISH WAY!""
""Keeping Fit""
Holy Husbandry
""Westward Ho!""
""Chaos in the Family, Chaos in the State""
""Fit for Ministry?""
2. Brotherhoods
Rewiring ""the West""
Memorials Matter
""The Farmer and the Cowman""
Poaching
Vouching
Oil Rich
3. Sovereignty and Submission
Submit
Supermarkets
Measuring ""Real""
The Crotch Shot
Entertain Us!
News Matters
Office Space
4. Mill Town Cathedrals
Monuments
Social Memory
""Modern Times""
""The Only Road to Salvation"" Legacies
5. Leadership
Vikings
Agape
An Infomercial from Yale
Rulers Make Bad Lovers
""Marketplace Men""
On Your Knees
No Hero
Conclusion
""The 4/14 Window""
