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

by Lerone A Martin and Lerone A. Martin

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

On a Sunday morning in 1966, a group of white evangelicals dedicated a stained glass window to J. Edgar Hoover. The FBI director was not an evangelical, but his Christian admirers anointed him as their political champion, believing he would lead America back to God. The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069117511X
• ISBN13: 9780691175119
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"