Unholy Power
Kristin Kobes Du Mez and Carl Byker’s short documentary, For Our Daughters, displays the evangelical church’s dangerous pattern of protecting abusive men — from the pulpit to the White House — to maintain social and political power, often to the detriment of women. www.forourdaughtersfilm.com
Promised Lands
“What does utopia look like in black?” asks translator Aaron Robertson in The Black Utopians. Tracing the concept of utopia throughout Black history, Robertson explores a radical Detroit church, a post-Emancipation settlement in Tennessee, his own family’s story, and more. Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Latinos of the Far Right
In Defectors, journalist Paola Ramos tracks why and how Latino support has grown for far-right movements in the U.S. Among others, Ramos introduces us to Luis Cabrera, a conservative evangelical pastor who sells “Make America Godly Again” T-shirts. Pantheon
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