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Matthew Avery Sutton

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How Christianity Was Used By the Powerful and the Marginalized to Shape Post-Civil War America

On the role of religion in Reconstruction.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via Literary Hub on March 4, 2026
Ozzy Osbourne Taught Kids To Rebel By Subverting Christianity

In Ozzy Osbourne's hands, Satan gave a middle finger to hypocrisy and fearmongering.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via USA Today on July 24, 2025
The Late Great Hal Lindsey

The ideas he popularized will continue to shape evangelicalism for generations to come.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via Religion News Service on December 5, 2024
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A New Documentary Exposes the Truth About the Religious Right

It’s a political movement willing to align with anyone to win.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via Made By History on November 16, 2022
The Capitol Riot Revealed the Darkest Nightmares of White Evangelical America

How 150 years of apocalyptic agitation culminated in an insurrection.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via The New Republic
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Explaining the Bond Between Trump and White Evangelicals

It's all about an agenda — and it's nothing new.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via Made By History on November 21, 2019
Billy Graham Was On the Wrong Side of History

Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help. That may be Graham’s most significant legacy.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via The Guardian on February 21, 2018

Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity

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How Did American Christianity End Up Like This?

History helps explain the particular faith that now rules our religious marketplace.

by Michael Luo via The New Yorker on June 14, 2026

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Americans Should Stop Using the Term Christian Nationalism

Religious beliefs have driven political change for centuries. The question today is which Christian values will prevail.

by Heath W. Carter via The Atlantic on March 9, 2026

Cover of Matthew Avery Sutton's "American Apocalypse" featuring a drawing of people being raptured.

Back to the Fundamentals

Apocalyptic thinking in early Christian fundamentalism.

via BackStory on December 14, 2012

Illustration of Q-Anon vigilantes climbing an electrified letter Q.

QAnon Is the Latest American Conspiracy Theory

The rise of the right-wing paranoid fantasy, egged on by Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene, reflects deep currents in American politics.

by Chris Lehmann via The Nation on February 6, 2023

The Mainstreaming of Christian Zionism Could Warp Foreign Policy

How the history of dispensationalism shapes U.S. foreign policy today.

by Jeffrey Rosario via Made By History on June 30, 2020

'I Love America': Fundamentalist Responses to World War II

The fundamentalist movement took the war as an opportunity to rebrand.

by Anderson Rouse via Process: A Blog for American History on March 12, 2019

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