Bible Nation
The United States of Hobby Lobby
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19903236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Candida R Mo (0000-0002-1189-1190), Candida R Moss, Joel S Baden (0009-0008-6425-2617, Episcopal Divinity School) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 252 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Bible Nation (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780691198996 |
| OpenAlex | W2886667909 |
| Open Library | OL29434618M |
| ISBN | 9780691198996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation"Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a "biblical worldview as a Christian nation." But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. The billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby, a huge nationwide chain of craft stores, the Greens came to national attention in 2014 after successfully suing the federal government over their religious objections to provisions of the Affordable Care Act. What is less widely known is that the Greens are now America’s biggest financial supporters of Christian causes—and they are spending hundreds of millions of dollars in an ambitious effort to increase the Bible’s influence on American society. In Bible Nation, Candida Moss and Joel Baden provide the first in-depth investigative account of the Greens’ sweeping Bible projects and the many questions they raise.Bible Nation tells the story of the Greens’ rapid acquisition of an unparalleled collection of biblical antiquities; their creation of a closely controlled group of scholars to study and promote their collection; their efforts to place a Bible curriculum in public schools; and their construction of a
Hobby · Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Public Administration · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · 21st century · Christianity · Christianity and culture · Church history · Evangelicalism · Hobby Lobby (Firm) · Influence · Museum of the Bible · united states
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |