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'''Katherine Stewart''' is an American journalist and author who often writes about issues related to [[politics]], [[policy]], [[education]], the global movement against [[liberal democracy]], and the rise of [[religious nationalism]] in America and abroad. Her books include ''[[The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children]]'' (2012) and ''The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism'' (2020).
'''Katherine Stewart''' is an American journalist and author who often writes about issues related to the [[separation of church and state]]. Her books include ''[[The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children]]'' (2012) and ''The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism'' (2020).


== Career ==
== Career ==
As a writer and speaker, Stewart has shown interest in controversies over [[religious freedom]] and the [[separation of church and state]].<ref name = KSNewRepublic20200302/> She has also written about [[public education|public]] and [[science education]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/opinion/betsy-devos-and-gods-plan-for-schools.html|last=Stewart|date=December 13, 2016|title=Opinion: Betsy DeVos and God's Plan for Schools}}</ref><ref name=Sojo/> [[public funding]] of [[faith-based initiatives]], anti-LGBT initiatives on the state level,<ref name="natn2">{{cite news|title=Katherine Stewart|work=The Nation|url=https://www.thenation.com/?s=Katherine+Stewart&post_type=article}}</ref> and [[bullying in schools]] in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/donald-trump-has-unleashed-a-new-wave-of-bullying-in-schools/|title=Donald Trump Has Unleashed a New Wave of Bullying in Schools|last=Stewart|publisher=The Nation|date=November 7, 2016}}</ref>
As a writer and speaker, Stewart has shown interest in controversies over [[religious freedom]] and the [[separation of church and state]].<ref name = KSNewRepublic20200302/> She has also written about the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2022-07-05 |title=Opinion {{!}} Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/05/opinion/dobbs-christian-nationalism.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2018-09-08 |title=Opinion {{!}} Whose Religious Liberty Is It Anyway? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/kavanaugh-supreme-court-religious-liberty.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |last2=Stewart |first2=Katherine |last3=Stewart |first3=Katherine |last4=Stewart |first4=Katherine |last5=Stewart |first5=Katherine |last6=Stewart |first6=Katherine |last7=Stewart |first7=Katherine |last8=Stewart |first8=Katherine |last9=Stewart |first9=Katherine |date=2022-05-10 |title=How Christian Nationalism Perverted the Judicial System and Gutted Our Rights |work=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/166404/christian-right-roe-alito-abortion |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0028-6583}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2014-05-07 |title=Opinion {{!}} A Big Win for the Prayer Lobby |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/opinion/a-big-win-for-the-prayer-lobby.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>, the [[Christian nationalism|Christian nationalist movement]]’s use of data<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-03 |title=How a data-backed Christian nationalist machine helped Trump to power |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/03/bill-dallas-christian-nationalist-right-donald-trump |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>, political organizing through faith-based infrastructure<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2020-03-02 |title=Faith Militant |work=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/156415/faith-militant |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0028-6583}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2018-06-20 |title=Opinion {{!}} The Christian Right Adopts a 50-State Strategy |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/christian-right-evangelicals-midterms.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |last2=Joyce |first2=Kathryn |last3=Joyce |first3=Kathryn |last4=Silverman |first4=Jacob |last5=Silverman |first5=Jacob |last6=Zaitchik |first6=Alexander |last7=Zaitchik |first7=Alexander |last8=Kirsch |first8=Adam |last9=Kirsch |first9=Adam |date=2022-01-10 |title=The Shock Troops of the Next Big Lie |work=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/164842/christian-nationalists-trump-shock-troops |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0028-6583}}</ref>, the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|January 6<sup>th</sup>]] insurrection<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2022-01-06 |title=Opinion {{!}} Christian Nationalism Is One of Trump’s Most Powerful Weapons |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/jan-6-christian-nationalism.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2021-01-11 |title=Opinion {{!}} The Roots of Josh Hawley’s Rage |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/josh-hawley-religion-democracy.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>, the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2017-07-31 |title=Opinion {{!}} What the ‘Government Schools’ Critics Really Mean |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/opinion/donald-trump-school-choice-criticism.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |title=The Real Meaning of ‘Religious Liberty’: A License to Discriminate {{!}} Katherine Stewart |url=https://www.nybooks.com/online/2020/02/28/the-real-meaning-of-religious-liberty-a-license-to-discriminate/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=The New York Review of Books |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |last2=Fredrickson |first2=Caroline |date=2019-12-30 |title=Opinion {{!}} Bill Barr Thinks America Is Going to Hell |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/opinion/william-barr-trump.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>, the [[Museum of the Bible]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |date=2018-01-06 |title=Opinion {{!}} The Museum of the Bible Is a Safe Space for Christian Nationalists |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/the-museum-of-the-bible-is-a-safe-space-for-christian-nationalists.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>, the growing political schism within the [[Catholic Church|Catholic church]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Katherine |last2=Silverman |first2=Jacob |last3=Silverman |first3=Jacob |last4=Martin |first4=Nick |last5=Martin |first5=Nick |last6=Semley |first6=John |last7=Semley |first7=John |last8=Bacharach |first8=Jacob |last9=Bacharach |first9=Jacob |date=2021-03-09 |title=How Big Money Is Dividing American Catholicism |work=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/161626/big-money-dividing-american-catholicism |access-date=2022-10-24 |issn=0028-6583}}</ref>, the anti-democratic aspects of the Christian nationalist movement, [[homeschooling]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opinion {{!}} How a vocal minority of parents hijacked home schooling in America |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/coronavirus-home-schooling-highlights-religious-right-s-education-system-influence-ncna1233824 |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-08 |title=The dark side of home schooling: America's Christian right tried to train up 'culture warriors' {{!}} Katherine Stewart |url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/08/christian-home-schooling-dark-side |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>, [[public education|public]] and [[science education]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/opinion/betsy-devos-and-gods-plan-for-schools.html|last=Stewart|date=December 13, 2016|title=Opinion: Betsy DeVos and God's Plan for Schools}}</ref><ref name=Sojo/> [[public funding]] of [[faith-based initiatives]], anti-LGBT initiatives on the state level,<ref name="natn2">{{cite news|title=Katherine Stewart|work=The Nation|url=https://www.thenation.com/?s=Katherine+Stewart&post_type=article}}</ref> [[bullying in schools]] in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/donald-trump-has-unleashed-a-new-wave-of-bullying-in-schools/|title=Donald Trump Has Unleashed a New Wave of Bullying in Schools|last=Stewart|publisher=The Nation|date=November 7, 2016}}</ref>, and many other topics.
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Stewart began her journalism career working for [[investigative reporter]] [[Wayne Barrett]] at ''[[The Village Voice]]''.<ref name=RNS>Shimron, Yonat (March 6, 2020). [https://religionnews.com/2020/03/06/katherine-stewart-on-the-political-ideology-behind-christian-nationalism/ "Katherine Stewart on Christian nationalism's push to undermine democratic norms"]. Religious News Service. Retrieved March 27, 2020.</ref> Since 2011, she has been an [[op-ed]] contributor to ''[[The New York Times]],'' writing more than 15 columns.<ref name=NYTBiblio>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion/contributors|title=Contributors|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> <!--EXAMPLES OF NYT OP-EDS DO NOT GO HERE. BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES STATING HER CAREER ELEMENTS GO HERE, AND THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK GOES IN A SEPARATE SECTION. IF ANY GIVEN NYT OPINION BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF REPORTING BY OTHERS, ADD PROSE AND SOURCE ABOUT THAT IN THIS SECTION, WHERE IT IS CHRONOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE. --><ref>{{Cite news|last=Stewart|first=Katherine|date=November 16, 2020|title=Opinion {{!}} Trump or No Trump, Religious Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/opinion/trump-religion-authoritarianism.html|access-date=2021-01-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> One in March 2020 linked the slow federal response to the [[COVID19 in US|country's coronavirus outbreak]] to President [[Donald Trump|Trump]]'s connections to the far right and [[anti-science]] conservatives.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steward|first=Katherine|title=The Religious Right's Hostility to Science Is Crippling Our Coronavirus Response|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/coronavirus-trump-evangelicals.html|work=The New York Times|date=March 27, 2020|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
Stewart began her journalism career working for [[investigative reporter]] [[Wayne Barrett]] at ''[[The Village Voice]]''.<ref name=RNS>Shimron, Yonat (March 6, 2020). [https://religionnews.com/2020/03/06/katherine-stewart-on-the-political-ideology-behind-christian-nationalism/ "Katherine Stewart on Christian nationalism's push to undermine democratic norms"]. Religious News Service. Retrieved March 27, 2020.</ref> Since 2011, she has been an [[op-ed]] contributor to ''[[The New York Times]],'' writing more than 15 columns.<ref name=NYTBiblio>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion/contributors|title=Contributors|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> <!--EXAMPLES OF NYT OP-EDS DO NOT GO HERE. BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES STATING HER CAREER ELEMENTS GO HERE, AND THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK GOES IN A SEPARATE SECTION. IF ANY GIVEN NYT OPINION BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF REPORTING BY OTHERS, ADD PROSE AND SOURCE ABOUT THAT IN THIS SECTION, WHERE IT IS CHRONOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE. --><ref>{{Cite news|last=Stewart|first=Katherine|date=November 16, 2020|title=Opinion {{!}} Trump or No Trump, Religious Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/opinion/trump-religion-authoritarianism.html|access-date=2021-01-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> One in March 2020 linked the slow federal response to the [[COVID19 in US|country's coronavirus outbreak]] to President [[Donald Trump|Trump]]'s connections to the far right and [[anti-science]] conservatives.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steward|first=Katherine|title=The Religious Right's Hostility to Science Is Crippling Our Coronavirus Response|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/coronavirus-trump-evangelicals.html|work=The New York Times|date=March 27, 2020|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>


Stewart has contributed articles to ''[[The Guardian]],''<ref name = GuardianBiblio>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/katherine-stewart|title=Katherine Stewart &#124; The Guardian|website=the Guardian}}</ref> and has written for<!--Could find no 1997 book co-authored by Stewart and McDonnel, see following, in Google Books; note, the citation appended just identifies Rent, which is already done by the Wikilink; re-add this sentence when KS's involvement can be verified by a third-party mention, traceable to an ISBN. Redacted sentence is: "Along with [[music journalist]] Evelyn McDonnell, she cowrote a book about the musical [[Rent (musical)|''Rent'']] in 1997."{{cn}}{{failed verification}}<ref>Larson, Jonathan, ''Rent'' (New York: It Books, 1997)</ref>--><!--But she states it in her bio here: https://katherinestewart.me/about/--> ''[[The American Prospect]]'',<ref name = AmerProspectBiblio>{{Cite web|url=https://prospect.org/topics/katherine-stewart/|title=Katherine Stewart|website=The American Prospect}}</ref> [[George Washington University]]'s [[History News Network]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/174498|title=A Founder of American Religious Nationalism|last=Stewart|publisher=Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University}}</ref> ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[Reuters.com|Reuters]]'',<ref name=GuardianBiblio/> ''[[The Atlantic]],'' ''[[Newsweek]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[The New York Observer]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://observer.com/2005/05/mommy-mimics-so-having-a-baby-wasnt-just-my-idea/|last=Stewart|publisher=The New York Observer|title=Mommy Mimics: So Having a Baby Wasn't Just My Idea?|date=May 2, 2005}}</ref> ''Santa Barbara Magazine,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/santabarbaramag/docs/summer2015digedition?fr=sMmNmZjEyOTQ5MDg|work=Santa Barbara Magazine|title=Beautiful Minds: Santa Barbara Is Where Fantasies Come to Life and Creative Icons Come to Live|last=Stewart|pages=168–71|date=Summer 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/santabarbaramag/docs/spring_2015_dig_ed?fr=sNzA1NDEyOTQ5MDg|work=Santa Barbara Magazine|title=California Gold: Our Local Waters Are Home to the World's Most Sought After Sea Urchin|last=Stewart|pages=126–28, 162|date=Spring 2015}}</ref> and ''[[Religion Dispatches]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://religiondispatches.org/how-a-powerful-ex-gay-pastor-is-chasing-the-latino-vote/|title=HOW A POWERFUL 'EX-GAY' PASTOR IS CHASING THE LATINO VOTE|last=Stewart|date=March 2, 2020|publisher=Religion Dispatches}}</ref>
Stewart has contributed opinion pieces to ''[[The Guardian]],''<ref name = GuardianBiblio>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/katherine-stewart|title=Katherine Stewart &#124; The Guardian|website=the Guardian}}</ref> and has written for<!--Could find no 1997 book co-authored by Stewart and McDonnel, see following, in Google Books; note, the citation appended just identifies Rent, which is already done by the Wikilink; re-add this sentence when KS's involvement can be verified by a third-party mention, traceable to an ISBN. Redacted sentence is: "Along with [[music journalist]] Evelyn McDonnell, she cowrote a book about the musical [[Rent (musical)|''Rent'']] in 1997."{{cn}}{{failed verification}}<ref>Larson, Jonathan, ''Rent'' (New York: It Books, 1997)</ref>--><!--But she states it in her bio here: https://katherinestewart.me/about/--> ''[[The American Prospect]]'',<ref name = AmerProspectBiblio>{{Cite web|url=https://prospect.org/topics/katherine-stewart/|title=Katherine Stewart|website=The American Prospect}}</ref> [[George Washington University]]'s [[History News Network]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/174498|title=A Founder of American Religious Nationalism|last=Stewart|publisher=Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University}}</ref> ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[Reuters.com|Reuters]]'',<ref name=GuardianBiblio/> ''[[The Atlantic]],'' ''[[Newsweek]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[The New York Observer]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://observer.com/2005/05/mommy-mimics-so-having-a-baby-wasnt-just-my-idea/|last=Stewart|publisher=The New York Observer|title=Mommy Mimics: So Having a Baby Wasn't Just My Idea?|date=May 2, 2005}}</ref> ''Santa Barbara Magazine,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/santabarbaramag/docs/summer2015digedition?fr=sMmNmZjEyOTQ5MDg|work=Santa Barbara Magazine|title=Beautiful Minds: Santa Barbara Is Where Fantasies Come to Life and Creative Icons Come to Live|last=Stewart|pages=168–71|date=Summer 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/santabarbaramag/docs/spring_2015_dig_ed?fr=sNzA1NDEyOTQ5MDg|work=Santa Barbara Magazine|title=California Gold: Our Local Waters Are Home to the World's Most Sought After Sea Urchin|last=Stewart|pages=126–28, 162|date=Spring 2015}}</ref> and ''[[Religion Dispatches]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://religiondispatches.org/how-a-powerful-ex-gay-pastor-is-chasing-the-latino-vote/|title=HOW A POWERFUL 'EX-GAY' PASTOR IS CHASING THE LATINO VOTE|last=Stewart|date=March 2, 2020|publisher=Religion Dispatches}}</ref>


In 2012, after seeing [[Good News Club|that group's]] involvement in her children's public school, Stewart wrote ''[[The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children]]''. ''[[Kirkus]]'' described it as "[c]ompelling investigative journalism about an undercovered phenomenon."<ref name=Kirk>{{cite web|author = Kirkus Staff | date=December 19, 2011 |title=Book Review—The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children | url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/katherine-stewart/good-news-club/|work=KirkusReviews.com | access-date = March 27, 2020 }}</ref> Alexander Heffner of the ''[[Minnesota Star Tribune]]'' wrote that the book "exposes the violation of church and state in schools", calling it "an important work" and "a fascinating exposé", and Stewart "a great digger for facts" and "a respectful narrator."<ref name=StarT>{{cite news|last=Heffner|first=Alexander|date=January 24, 2012|title=Nonfiction Review: Book exposes the violation of church and state in schools|work=[[Minnesota Star Tribune]]|url=http://www.startribune.com/nonfiction-review-book-exposes-the-violation-of-church-and-state-in-schools/137980208/ | access-date = March 27, 2020 }}</ref>
In 2012, after seeing [[Good News Club|that group's]] involvement in her children's public school, Stewart wrote ''[[The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children]]''. ''[[Kirkus]]'' described it as "[c]ompelling investigative journalism about an undercovered phenomenon."<ref name=Kirk>{{cite web|author = Kirkus Staff | date=December 19, 2011 |title=Book Review—The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children | url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/katherine-stewart/good-news-club/|work=KirkusReviews.com | access-date = March 27, 2020 }}</ref> Alexander Heffner of the ''[[Minnesota Star Tribune]]'' wrote that the book "exposes the violation of church and state in schools", calling it "an important work" and "a fascinating exposé", and Stewart "a great digger for facts" and "a respectful narrator."<ref name=StarT>{{cite news|last=Heffner|first=Alexander|date=January 24, 2012|title=Nonfiction Review: Book exposes the violation of church and state in schools|work=[[Minnesota Star Tribune]]|url=http://www.startribune.com/nonfiction-review-book-exposes-the-violation-of-church-and-state-in-schools/137980208/ | access-date = March 27, 2020 }}</ref>
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Stewart was raised in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]] where she attended the Runkle School and [[Brookline High School]].<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Katherine |last1= Stewart|first2=Matthew |last2=Stewart |title= Guest commentary : Why Are Brookline schools being 'turned around'? |newspaper=wickedlocal.com|date=June 9, 2016 |url= https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/brookline-tab/2016/06/09/guest-commentary-why-are-brookline/27964620007/|quote=Katherine Stewart is a journalist and the author of The Good News Club (Public Affairs, 2012) among other works. She has written for The Nation, the Guardian, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Matthew Stewart is the author of Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic (Norton, 2014) and The Management Myth: Debunking the Modern Philosophy of Business (Norton, 2009), among other works. Katherine and Matthew are parents at The Runkle School, and Katherine is a graduate of Runkle and of Brookline High School. }}</ref> She is [[American Jews|Jewish]] and her husband was raised [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Yonat |last= Shimron|authorlink= |title= Katherine Stewart on Christian nationalism’s push to undermine democratic norms |newspaper=[[Religion News Service]]|date=March 6, 2020 |url=https://religionnews.com/2020/03/06/katherine-stewart-on-the-political-ideology-behind-christian-nationalism/ |quote=Stewart, who is Jewish and whose husband was raised Catholic, said she first became aware of Christian nationalism when her daughter’s public school in Santa Barbara, California, hosted a Good News Club, which encouraged elementary-grade children to try to convert peers to their evangelical faith.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1= Stewart|first1=Matthew |last2=Stewart |first2= Katherine|title=Neil Gorsuch's Gay "Friends" Won't Save Us on the Supreme Court |newspaper=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=March 7, 2017 |url= https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/3/07/neil-gorsuchs-gay-friends-wont-save-us-supreme-court |quote=KATHERINE STEWART's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. She is the author of The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (PublicAffairs). MATTHEW STEWART's latest book, Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic (Norton), was long-listed for a National Book Award. He received his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University. }}</ref>
Stewart was raised in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]] where she attended the Runkle School and [[Brookline High School]].<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Katherine |last1= Stewart|first2=Matthew |last2=Stewart |title= Guest commentary : Why Are Brookline schools being 'turned around'? |newspaper=wickedlocal.com|date=June 9, 2016 |url= https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/brookline-tab/2016/06/09/guest-commentary-why-are-brookline/27964620007/|quote=Katherine Stewart is a journalist and the author of The Good News Club (Public Affairs, 2012) among other works. She has written for The Nation, the Guardian, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Matthew Stewart is the author of Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic (Norton, 2014) and The Management Myth: Debunking the Modern Philosophy of Business (Norton, 2009), among other works. Katherine and Matthew are parents at The Runkle School, and Katherine is a graduate of Runkle and of Brookline High School. }}</ref> She is [[American Jews|Jewish]] and her husband was raised [[Roman Catholic]]; they have a daughter.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Yonat |last= Shimron|authorlink= |title= Katherine Stewart on Christian nationalism’s push to undermine democratic norms |newspaper=[[Religion News Service]]|date=March 6, 2020 |url=https://religionnews.com/2020/03/06/katherine-stewart-on-the-political-ideology-behind-christian-nationalism/ |quote=Stewart, who is Jewish and whose husband was raised Catholic, said she first became aware of Christian nationalism when her daughter’s public school in Santa Barbara, California, hosted a Good News Club, which encouraged elementary-grade children to try to convert peers to their evangelical faith.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1= Stewart|first1=Matthew |last2=Stewart |first2= Katherine|title=Neil Gorsuch's Gay "Friends" Won't Save Us on the Supreme Court |newspaper=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=March 7, 2017 |url= https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/3/07/neil-gorsuchs-gay-friends-wont-save-us-supreme-court |quote=KATHERINE STEWART's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. She is the author of The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (PublicAffairs). MATTHEW STEWART's latest book, Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic (Norton), was long-listed for a National Book Award. He received his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University. }}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
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*2014 [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State|Americans United]] Person of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|author = AU Staff | url=https://www.au.org/church-state/december-2014-church-state/people-events/investigative-journalist-named-au-s-person-of|title=Investigative Journalist Named AU's 'Person Of The Year' at Meeting|work=AU.org|date=December 2014|access-date = March 27, 2020}}</ref>
*2014 [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State|Americans United]] Person of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|author = AU Staff | url=https://www.au.org/church-state/december-2014-church-state/people-events/investigative-journalist-named-au-s-person-of|title=Investigative Journalist Named AU's 'Person Of The Year' at Meeting|work=AU.org|date=December 2014|access-date = March 27, 2020}}</ref>
*2020 Morris D. and Selma V. Forkosch Award from the Council for Secular Humanism and the [[Center for Inquiry]], for ''The Power Worshippers''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fidalgo|first=Paul|date=April 13, 2021|title=Katherine Stewart Wins Forkosch Award For Best Humanist Book; Judith Wells Wins For Best Article|url=https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/katherine-stewart-wins-forkosch-award-for-best-humanist-book-judith-wells-wins-for-best-article/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413204521/https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/katherine-stewart-wins-forkosch-award-for-best-humanist-book-judith-wells-wins-for-best-article/|archive-date=April 13, 2021|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=Center for Inquiry}}</ref>
*2020 Morris D. and Selma V. Forkosch Award from the Council for Secular Humanism and the [[Center for Inquiry]], for ''The Power Worshippers''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fidalgo|first=Paul|date=April 13, 2021|title=Katherine Stewart Wins Forkosch Award For Best Humanist Book; Judith Wells Wins For Best Article|url=https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/katherine-stewart-wins-forkosch-award-for-best-humanist-book-judith-wells-wins-for-best-article/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413204521/https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/katherine-stewart-wins-forkosch-award-for-best-humanist-book-judith-wells-wins-for-best-article/|archive-date=April 13, 2021|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=Center for Inquiry}}</ref>
*2021 First Place for Excellence in Nonfiction Books from the [[Religion Newswriters Association|Religion News Association]], for ''The Power Worshippers''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 7, 2021 |title=Religion News Association names winners of 2021 Awards for Religion Reporting Excellence |url=https://www.rna.org/news/582665/Religion-News-Association-names-winners-of-2021-Awards-for-Religion-Reporting-Excellence.htm |url-status=live |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=Religion News Association}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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Katherine Stewart
OccupationNonfiction author, Op-Ed writer, novelist
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipUnited States
SubjectSeparation of church and state
Notable worksThe Good News Club (2012); The Power Worshippers (2020)
SpouseMatthew Stewart
Website
katherinestewart.me
Literature portal

Katherine Stewart is an American journalist and author who often writes about issues related to the separation of church and state. Her books include The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (2012) and The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (2020).

Career

As a writer and speaker, Stewart has shown interest in controversies over religious freedom and the separation of church and state.[1] She has also written about public and science education,[2][3] public funding of faith-based initiatives, anti-LGBT initiatives on the state level,[4] and bullying in schools in the U.S.[5]

Stewart began her journalism career working for investigative reporter Wayne Barrett at The Village Voice.[6] Since 2011, she has been an op-ed contributor to The New York Times, writing more than 15 columns.[7] [8] One in March 2020 linked the slow federal response to the country's coronavirus outbreak to President Trump's connections to the far right and anti-science conservatives.[9]

Stewart has contributed opinion pieces to The Guardian,[10] and has written for The American Prospect,[11] George Washington University's History News Network,[12] The Nation, Reuters,[10] The Atlantic, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The New York Observer,[13] Santa Barbara Magazine,[14][15] and Religion Dispatches.[16]

In 2012, after seeing that group's involvement in her children's public school, Stewart wrote The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children. Kirkus described it as "[c]ompelling investigative journalism about an undercovered phenomenon."[17] Alexander Heffner of the Minnesota Star Tribune wrote that the book "exposes the violation of church and state in schools", calling it "an important work" and "a fascinating exposé", and Stewart "a great digger for facts" and "a respectful narrator."[18]

In March 2020, Stewart published The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, which outlines the decentralized Christian nationalist movement in the U.S. and its grabs for power, linking it to historical movements against abolition, the New Deal, and civil rights.[3] It was reviewed in Foreign Affairs and was excerpted in the New York Review of Books and partially adapted in The New Republic.[19][1][20] The Washington Post called it "required reading for anyone who wants to map the continuing erosion of our already fragile wall between church and state".[21] Christianity Today charged Stewart with secular dogmatism, writing, "At times, her wariness toward white evangelicals and sense of conspiracy borders on the comical."[22] David Austin Walsh in The Baffler wrote that Stewart neglected key right-wing evangelical figures such as Gerald L.K. Smith but that their "absence...is not a fatal omission."[23] She was interviewed on The Brian Lehrer Show,[24] The Majority Report, and for Salon and Sojourners.[3][25][26]

Personal life

Stewart was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts where she attended the Runkle School and Brookline High School.[27] She is Jewish and her husband was raised Roman Catholic; they have a daughter.[28][29]

Books

Nonfiction

  • Stewart, Katherine (March 2020). The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (1st ed.). New York, NY: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781635573459. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  • — (2012). The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-58648-843-7. Retrieved April 28, 2020. {{cite book}}: |author= has numeric name (help)

Fiction

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b See Stewart, Katherine (March 2, 2020). "Faith Militant". The New Republic. Retrieved March 27, 2020., including the editor's description of the author, under the article, which states "Katherine Stewart writes about controversies over religious freedom and church-state separation, politics, policy, and education."
  2. ^ Stewart (December 13, 2016). "Opinion: Betsy DeVos and God's Plan for Schools".
  3. ^ a b c Camacho, Daniel José (March 3, 2020). "THE LONG-TERM VISION OF THE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT". Sojourners.
  4. ^ "Katherine Stewart". The Nation.
  5. ^ Stewart (November 7, 2016). "Donald Trump Has Unleashed a New Wave of Bullying in Schools". The Nation.
  6. ^ Shimron, Yonat (March 6, 2020). "Katherine Stewart on Christian nationalism's push to undermine democratic norms". Religious News Service. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  7. ^ "Contributors" – via NYTimes.com.
  8. ^ Stewart, Katherine (November 16, 2020). "Opinion | Trump or No Trump, Religious Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  9. ^ Steward, Katherine (March 27, 2020). "The Religious Right's Hostility to Science Is Crippling Our Coronavirus Response". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Katherine Stewart | The Guardian". the Guardian.
  11. ^ "Katherine Stewart". The American Prospect.
  12. ^ Stewart. "A Founder of American Religious Nationalism". Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University.
  13. ^ Stewart (May 2, 2005). "Mommy Mimics: So Having a Baby Wasn't Just My Idea?". The New York Observer.
  14. ^ Stewart (Summer 2015). "Beautiful Minds: Santa Barbara Is Where Fantasies Come to Life and Creative Icons Come to Live". Santa Barbara Magazine. pp. 168–71.
  15. ^ Stewart (Spring 2015). "California Gold: Our Local Waters Are Home to the World's Most Sought After Sea Urchin". Santa Barbara Magazine. pp. 126–28, 162.
  16. ^ Stewart (March 2, 2020). "HOW A POWERFUL 'EX-GAY' PASTOR IS CHASING THE LATINO VOTE". Religion Dispatches.
  17. ^ Kirkus Staff (December 19, 2011). "Book Review—The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children". KirkusReviews.com. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  18. ^ Heffner, Alexander (January 24, 2012). "Nonfiction Review: Book exposes the violation of church and state in schools". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  19. ^ "The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism". April 14, 2020. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  20. ^ "The Real Meaning of Religious Liberty: A License to Discriminate≈". The New York Review of Books. February 28, 2020.
  21. ^ Stewart (March 20, 2020). "Why Christian Nationalists Think Trump Is Heaven-Sent". The Washington Post.
  22. ^ Matthew Lee Anderson: White Evangelicals Have a Complicated Relationship with Christian Nationalism Christianity Today June 22, 2020.
  23. ^ "Onward, Christian Soldiers | David Austin Walsh". The Baffler. February 28, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  24. ^ "The Religious Right's Rise to Power". WNYC. March 4, 2020.
  25. ^ "The Power Worshippers & the Rise of Religious Nationalism w/ Katherine Stewart". The Majority Report. April 13, 2020.
  26. ^ Marcotte, Amanda (March 3, 2020). "Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God". Salon.
  27. ^ Stewart, Katherine; Stewart, Matthew (June 9, 2016). "Guest commentary : Why Are Brookline schools being 'turned around'?". wickedlocal.com. Katherine Stewart is a journalist and the author of The Good News Club (Public Affairs, 2012) among other works. She has written for The Nation, the Guardian, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Matthew Stewart is the author of Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic (Norton, 2014) and The Management Myth: Debunking the Modern Philosophy of Business (Norton, 2009), among other works. Katherine and Matthew are parents at The Runkle School, and Katherine is a graduate of Runkle and of Brookline High School.
  28. ^ Shimron, Yonat (March 6, 2020). "Katherine Stewart on Christian nationalism's push to undermine democratic norms". Religion News Service. Stewart, who is Jewish and whose husband was raised Catholic, said she first became aware of Christian nationalism when her daughter's public school in Santa Barbara, California, hosted a Good News Club, which encouraged elementary-grade children to try to convert peers to their evangelical faith.
  29. ^ Stewart, Matthew; Stewart, Katherine (March 7, 2017). "Neil Gorsuch's Gay "Friends" Won't Save Us on the Supreme Court". The Advocate. KATHERINE STEWART's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. She is the author of The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (PublicAffairs). MATTHEW STEWART's latest book, Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic (Norton), was long-listed for a National Book Award. He received his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University.
  30. ^ AU Staff (December 2014). "Investigative Journalist Named AU's 'Person Of The Year' at Meeting". AU.org. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  31. ^ Fidalgo, Paul (April 13, 2021). "Katherine Stewart Wins Forkosch Award For Best Humanist Book; Judith Wells Wins For Best Article". Center for Inquiry. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.

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