Books in Brief
The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism
Author: Lerone A. Martin
Via Princeton University Press

“Lerone Martin draws on thousands of newly declassified FBI documents and memos to describe how, under Hoover’s leadership, FBI agents attended spiritual retreats and worship services, creating an FBI religious culture that fashioned G-men into soldiers and ministers of Christian America. Martin shows how prominent figures such as Billy Graham, Fulton Sheen, and countless other ministers from across the country partnered with the FBI and laundered bureau intel in their sermons while the faithful crowned Hoover the adjudicator of true evangelical faith and allegiance. These partnerships not only solidified the political norms of modern white evangelicalism, they also contributed to the political rise of white Christian nationalism, establishing religion and race as the bedrock of the modern national security state, and setting the terms for today’s domestic terrorism debates.”
Read more about When I Waked, I Cried To Dream Again by A. Van Jordan, English

When I Waked, I Cried To Dream Again by A. Van Jordan, English
Read more about What Even Is Gender? co-authored by R.A. Briggs, Philosophy

What Even Is Gender? co-authored by R.A. Briggs, Philosophy
Read more about Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State by Anna Grzymała-Busse, Political Science

Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State by Anna Grzymała-Busse, Political Science
Read more about The Cartel System of States: An Economic Theory of International Politics co-authored by Avidit Acharya, Political Science

The Cartel System of States: An Economic Theory of International Politics co-authored by Avidit Acharya, Political Science
Read more about The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason by Josiah Ober, Political Science and Classics

The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason by Josiah Ober, Political Science and Classics
Read more about Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy by Emilee Booth Chapman, Political Science

Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy by Emilee Booth Chapman, Political Science
Read more about Shared and Institutional Agency: Toward a Planning Theory of Human Practical Organization by Michael E. Bratman, Philosophy

Shared and Institutional Agency: Toward a Planning Theory of Human Practical Organization by Michael E. Bratman, Philosophy
Read more about Bedouin Bureaucrats: Mobility and Property in the Ottoman Empire by Nora Elizabeth Barakat, History

Bedouin Bureaucrats: Mobility and Property in the Ottoman Empire by Nora Elizabeth Barakat, History
Read more about The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s by Alexander Nemerov, Art and Art History

The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s by Alexander Nemerov, Art and Art History
Read more about Knots, or the Violence of Desire in Renaissance Florence by Emanuele Lugli, Art and Art History

Knots, or the Violence of Desire in Renaissance Florence by Emanuele Lugli, Art and Art History
Read more about Words in My World series by Nandi Sims, Linguistics

Words in My World series by Nandi Sims, Linguistics
Read more about The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky, History

The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War by Peter Stansky, History
Read more about Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala by Joel Cabrita, History

Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala by Joel Cabrita, History
Read more about Life: A Journey Through Science and Politics by Paul R. Ehrlich, Biology

Life: A Journey Through Science and Politics by Paul R. Ehrlich, Biology
Read more about Exponential Families in Theory and Practice by Bradley Efron, Statistics and Biomedical Data Science
