{"product_id":"the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby-by-michael-blanding-9781541703940","title":"The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence—and fortune—to push a radical religious agenda\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar craft store chain with more than a thousand US locations, founded and owned by the Greens—an evangelical Christian family committed to establishing the Bible as the ultimate authority behind our laws and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Hobby Lobby\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Blanding reveals how the Greens have quietly yet effectively used their vast wealth to spread their beliefs throughout the US and beyond. They've run expensive, wide-reaching ad campaigns to inculcate biblical values and have propped up evangelical education through donations of money and land. They successfully fought a Supreme Court case to deny their employees insurance coverage for contraception and funneled millions of dollars to organizations working to overturn \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e and to undermine LGBTQ rights. And, for their multimillion-dollar Museum of the Bible just blocks from the US Capitol building, they've acquired looted, stolen, and forged biblical antiquities from the Middle East. In a riveting expose, Blanding traces the Greens' efforts to sell their evangelical mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaptivating and disturbing, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Hobby Lobby\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the pivotal role the Green family has played in funding and empowering America's dangerous, ascendant Christian nationalist movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47734533980396,"sku":"9781541703940","price":70.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781541703940-the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby.jpg?v=1781222486","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby-by-michael-blanding-9781541703940","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}