"[A] thoroughly reported [and] revelatory history about the intersection of progressive politics and religion in America" (Publishers Weekly).

Since the 1970s, the Religious Right has established itself as a coalition of fundamentalist powerbrokers who set the standard for Christian political values. But, as religion reporter Jack Jenkins contends, the country is also driven by a vibrant, long-standing moral force from the left. Taking many forms and many names, the Religious Left has operated since America's founding -- praying, and protesting for progressive values such as abolition, labor reform, civil rights, environmental preservation.

In American Prophets, Jenkins examines the re-emergence of progressive faith-based activism, detailing its origins and contrasting its goals with those of the Religious Right. Today's rapidly expanding interfaith coalition? -- ?which includes Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and other faiths? -- ?has become a force within the larger "resistance" movement.

Jenkins profiles Washington political insiders -- including former White House staffers and faith outreach directors for the campaigns of Barack Obama, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton -- as well as a new generation of progressive faith leaders, including:

• Linda Sarsour, co-chair of the Women's March

• Rev. Traci Blackmon, a pastor near Ferguson, Missouri, who lifts up black liberation efforts across the country

• Sister Simone Campbell, head of the Catholic social justice lobby and the "Nuns on the Bus" tour organizer

• Native American "water protectors" who demonstrated against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock

• Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop

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