Katherine Stewart
Author & Journalist
Katherine Stewart is an award-winning author and journalist specialising in the intersection of faith and politics, policy, education and the threat to democratic institutions.
She has been covering religious nationalism and the assault on American democracy for over 15 years. Her books include The Power Worshippers (the basis for the documentary God & Country, produced by Rob Reiner), The Good News Club and, most recently, the New York Times bestseller Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, named one of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2025.
Stewart was named the Freedom From Religion Foundation's 2024 Freethought Heroine. She writes for The New York Times opinion section, The New Republic, Religion News Service and many others, and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and NPR.
31. Katherine Stewart on Money, Lies & God: How Billionaires Weaponised Religion to Undermine Democracy
Katherine Stewart is an award-winning journalist and author, who has investigated the rise of religious nationalism and its impact on democracy for over 15 years. Her work appears in The New York Times and The New Republic. She is the author of The Good News Club, The Power Worshippers, and the new release Money, Lies, and God.
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