BigTent was pleased to host investigative journalist Kathryn Joyce and author Jeff Sharlet. Christian Nationalism, a once-fringe ideology, has infiltrated the mainstream, and is shaping the far-right extremist political agenda. Joyce and Sharlet are long-time observers, and experts on the American right-wing and conservative movement.
Jeff Sharlet's bestselling book and Netflix 5-part documentary, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, traces the movement to the early 20th century, particularly within American evangelicalism. Similarly, Kathryn Joyce's examination of the "Quiverfull" movement in her book, Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, sheds light on its efforts to embed conservative Christian values into society, often at the expense of civil and reproductive rights.
About our Speakers
JEFF SHARLET’S most recent book is The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. He is the Frederick Sessions Beebe ’35 Professor in the Art of Writing at Dartmouth College.
KATHRYN JOYCE is investigative editor at In These Times and author. She is a contributing editor at The New Republic and a contributing writer at Highline. Her work has also appeared in Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Vox, Outside, Slate, The American Prospect, The Intercept, The Nation,The Atlantic, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Ms., The Harvard Divinity Bulletin, and others.
BigTent Podcast: Jeff Sharlet and Kathryn Joyce