{"product_id":"the-gospel-according-to-hobby-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 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've 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Blanding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541703944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541703940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.25w x 1.21d","brand":"Michael Blanding","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47966003790079,"sku":"9781541703940","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cfa67ef2-4895-4533-8126-3b30756d1a94.jpg?v=1767286263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gospel-according-to-hobby-michael-blanding-9781541703940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}