Star-Spangled Jesus

""Star-Spangled Jesus is the Rosetta Stone for understanding white Christian nationalism. Behind all the stats and the polling are the people who subscribe to this ideology, and few will even come close to April Ajoy's firsthand experience in the movement.... Star-Spangled Jesus will help you understand white Christian nationalism's hold on so many people and the danger it poses to democracy and the church."" --Jemar Tisby, PhD, Professor of History at Simmons College of Kentucky, New York Times bestselling author of The Color of Compromise and The Spirit of Justice ""Ajoy is by turns knowing, salty, and funny. She holds grace for Christians yet to detach from nationalism, but there is no love lost for the weird conflation of Christianity and conservative politics that she left. A timely, insightful book for understanding this cultural movement."" --Booklist ""A courageous call to reimagine faith. With defiant joy and her characteristic humor, April Ajoy offers us all an invitation to stubbornly refuse to let the patriotic pastors and prosperity preachers steal our faith...For many people, rejecting the star-spangled Jesus is not the end of faith -- it is a new beginning."" --Shane Claiborne, author, activist and founder of Red Letter Christians ""Ajoy debuts with a witty account of her departure from the toxic Christian nationalism in which she was raised... an approachable insider's look at a controversial movement.""--Publishers Weekly ""An insightful and hilarious journey out of Christian nationalism... both timely and timeless, challenging readers to rethink beliefs while providing plenty of laughs along the way. This is the guidebook for finding a faith that's true to its roots and open to the future.""--Mary Katherine Backstrom, author of Holy Hot Mess ""April shares her story using wit and humor...you'll hear what only someone who lived through it can share and why it's so important for Christians to rise up and resist Christian Nationalism."" --Tim Whitaker, Founder of The New Evangelicals ""If you only have time to read one book on the state of American Christianity this year, it should be Star-Spangled Jesus."" --Jonathan Merritt, critically-acclaimed author and columnist ""This book is not preaching to the choir... it is the breadcrumbs to help lead millions out of the forest of lies they were taught from inception... how we were all groomed to become warriors for the kingdom, not citizens of this world. My only hope ... is that we can get enough copies into the hands of those who need this salvation."" --Father Nathan Monk, Author ""Who knew Christian Nationalism could be so funny?! This was exactly the kind of transparent, hysterical storytelling that I needed to make me start believing again."" --Tyler Merritt, Author of I Take My Coffee Black