{"product_id":"gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby-michael-blanding-9781541703940","title":"The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby: Inside a Billionaire Family's Quest to Craft a Christian Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence--and fortune--to push a radical religious agenda \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Blanding's gripping narrative exposes the damage that has been wrought by a single family devoted to both God and profit.\" --Joshua Hammer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar craft store chain with more than a thousand US locations, founded and owned by the Greens--an evangelical Christian family committed to establishing the Bible as the ultimate authority behind our laws and society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Hobby Lobby\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Blanding reveals how the Greens have quietly yet effectively used their vast wealth to spread their beliefs throughout the US and beyond. They have run expensive, wide-reaching ad campaigns to inculcate biblical values and have propped up evangelical education through donations of money and land. They successfully fought a Supreme Court case to deny their employees insurance coverage for contraception and funneled millions of dollars to organizations working to overturn \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e and to undermine LGBTQ rights. And, for their multimillion-dollar Museum of the Bible just blocks from the US Capitol building, they've acquired looted, stolen, and forged biblical antiquities from the Middle East. In a riveting exposé, Blanding traces the Greens' efforts to sell their evangelical mission. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Captivating and disturbing, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Hobby Lobby\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the pivotal role the Green family has played in funding and empowering America's dangerous, ascendant Christian nationalist movement.","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50293730607297,"sku":"9781541703940","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781541703940.jpg?v=1780516570","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby-michael-blanding-9781541703940","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}