The anti-communist serum

J Edgar Hoover's influence on the rise of white Christian nationalism

FOR THE NEW HUMANIST, I’ve written a short review of Lerone A Martin’s new book The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism:

Hoover was never “born again”, but that crucial theological difference was entirely overlooked by the pastors who cherished their relationship with him – and supplied him wi…