"Separation of Church and Hate" is a fierce, funny reclamation of faith from the grip of white Christian nationalism

There are books that challenge your thinking, books that soothe old wounds, and books that mirror the language you’ve been writing in your journal.

Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang is the rare miracle that does all three, while inviting you to laugh at the absurdity of the theopolitics we’re living in.

This book throws open the doors of the sanctuary where you’ll find American politics, Christian nationalism, and basic human decency in the same pew.

As someone who survived more than twenty years inside Evangelical, Southern Baptist, AWANA, and James Dobson culture… I knew every joke, every reference, every tension. Reading this book was like walking into a speakeasy where you find out the bartender is your best friend and then the bar owner says: “Drinks are on the house!“

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