Recs if you like American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church...

Fiction and non-fiction that examines how the Christian cultural hegemony and belief system has been co-opted as a tool of oppression and exploitation throughout history. Speculative works included, so long as the underlying narrative and commentary directly engages with some aspect of religious control as a primary theme. Always open to suggestions! (Please note that this List aims to critique Christianity as a worldwide institution, not to promote hate against individual practitioners)

Non-fiction titles which discuss a critical dismantling of what it means to be an evangelical Christian, especially with regard to the current political climate in the United States.

What's happening now in US politics and beyond didn't come out of nowhere. The roots of the Christian nationalist movement are very long; its strategies have been carefully crafted and patiently implemented for decades. This is a reading list to help increase awareness of the grievances, goals, and methods of right-wing evangelical/fundamentalist Christianity in its various factions.

SISTER LIST: Christofascists on Christofascism

(or, How the US Evangelical Church Actually Worships Mammon 🤑) A peek at the confluence of Evangelicalism, Christian Nationalism/Dominionism/Fundamentalism/Christofascism, the Religious Right, the money behind it, and its grasp on the US government.

books you might find helpful no matter where you are on your deconstruction path

Personal curriculum for understanding the history and effects of white Christian nationalism in America: how we got here and what to do about it.