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'''Katherine Stewart''' (date of birth unknown) is an [[American people|American]] [[journalist]] and [[author]], often writing about issues related to the [[separation of church and state]]. Her work has appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[Reuters.com]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]],'' ''[[Newsweek International|Newsweek]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[The New York Observer]]'', ''[[The American Prospect]]'', and other publications.{{citation needed lead|date=March 2020}} She has published several fiction and nonfiction books, including the critically applauded{{verification needed|date=March 2020}} nonfiction works, ''[[The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children]]'' (2012), which focuses on [[religion]] and [[public education]], and ''[[The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism]]'' (2020), which covers the rise of Christian nationalism in the U.S. Stewart has appeared on various television and radio programs.{{what|date = March 2020}}{{verification needed|date = March 2020}}
'''Katherine Stewart''' (date of birth unknown) is an [[American people|American]] [[journalist]] and [[author]], often writing about issues related to the [[separation of church and state]]. Her work has appeared extensively in ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref name=NYTBiblio>https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion/contributors</ref><ref name = GuardianBiblio>https://www.theguardian.com/profile/katherine-stewart</ref> at the ''[[The American Prospect]]'',<ref name = AmerProspectBiblio>https://prospect.org/topics/katherine-stewart/</ref> as well as in ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[Reuters.com]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]],'' ''[[Newsweek International|Newsweek]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[The New York Observer]]'', and other publications.{{citation needed lead|date = March 2020}} She has published several fiction and nonfiction books, including the critically applauded{{verification needed|date = March 2020}} nonfiction works, ''[[The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children]]'' (2012), which focuses on [[religion]] and [[public education]], and ''[[The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism]]'' (2020), which covers the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States. Stewart has appeared on various radio, television, and other media programs.{{what|date = March 2020}}{{verification needed|date = March 2020}}


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
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Born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]],{{cn|date=March 2020}} she started her career in [[journalism]] working for [[investigative reporter]] [[Wayne Barrett]] at ''[[The Village Voice]]''.{{cn|date=March 2020}}
Katharine Stewart was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}


==Professional interests==
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== Work ==
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Stewart writes about controversies over [[religious freedom]], [[separation of church and state]], [[public education]], [[science education]], [[climate science]], the [[public funding]] of [[faith-based initiatives]],<ref name=Kirk/> and [[bullying in schools]] in the U.S.. She delves into these themes and the figures involved as an [[op-ed]] contributor to the ''New York Times.''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/opinion/roy-moore-women-harassment.html|title=Every Other Terrible Thing About Roy Moore|date=20 November 2017|last=Stewart|first=Katherine}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/sunday/trump-evangelicals.html|title=Don't Let Trump Pay Back Evangelicals Like This|date=6 March 2020|first=Katherine|last=Stewart}}</ref><ref name=Cyrus>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/trump-evangelicals-cyrus-king.html|title=Why Trump Reigns As King Cyrus|date=31 December 2019|first=Katherine|last=Stewart}}</ref>
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As a writer and speaker, Stewart has shown interest in controversies over [[religious freedom]] and the [[separation of church and state]].<ref name = KSNewRepublic20200302/> In addition, she has written on the topics of [[public education]],{{cn|date = March 2020}} [[science education]],{{cn|date = March 2020}} [[climate science]],{{cn|date = March 2020}} the [[public funding]] of [[faith-based initiatives]],{{cn|date = March 2020}} and [[bullying in schools]] in the U.S.{{cn|date = March 2020}}
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== Career ==
Provoked by [[Good News Club|the group]]'s push into her children's public school, she wrote ''The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children'' ([[PublicAffairs]], 2012).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/these-christian-teachers-want-to-bring-jesus-into-public-schools--legally/2016/03/12/bfd95986-dfd3-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html|title=These Christian teachers want to bring Jesus into public schools|last=Brown|first=Emma|date=12 March 2016|work=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name=StarT>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/nonfiction-review-book-exposes-the-violation-of-church-and-state-in-schools/137980208/|title=NONFICTION REVIEW: Book exposes the violation of church and state in schools|last=Heffner|first=Alexander|work=Minnesota Star Tribune|date=24 January 2012}}</ref> Beth Hawkins of [[MinnPost]] called it "groundbreaking."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2012/06/katherine-stewart-how-christian-clubs-schools-turned-faith-based-bullying|title=Katherine Stewart: How Christian clubs in schools turned into faith-based bullying|last=Hawkins|first=Beth|date=22 June 2012|work=MinnPost}}</ref> Alexander Heffner of the ''[[Minnesota Star Tribune]]'' described it "a fascinating expose" and "an important work," and Stewart "a great digger for facts and a respectful narrator."<ref name=StarT/>
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Stewart began her career in [[journalism]] working for [[investigative reporter]] [[Wayne Barrett]] at ''[[The Village Voice]]''.{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}} Since 2011, Stewart has written on the themes and figures that interest her as an [[op-ed]] contributor to the ''[[The New York Times]],'' with more than 15 appearing over the near decade-long affiliation.<ref name=NYTBiblio/><!--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.--> She wrote opinion pieces extensively for ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2012 and 2013, with almost 20 pieces, and has begun appearing there again in 2020.<ref name = GuardianBiblio/> In addition, Stewart has written for the following other periodicals:{{Div col}}
* ''[[AlterNet.org]]{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''[[The American Prospect]]'' (2017)<ref name = AmerProspectBiblio/>
* ''[[The Atlantic]]{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''[[The Daily Beast]]''{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''[[The Nation]]''{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''[[The New York Observer]]''{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''[[Newsweek International]]''{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''[[Religion Dispatches]]''{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''[[Reuters.com]]''{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* ''Santa Barbara Magazine''{{when|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
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Stewart published her first [[novel]] in 2005, ''The Yoga Mamas'',{{what|date = March 2020}}{{verification needed|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}} which was followed the next year by ''Class Mothers''.{{what|date = March 2020}}{{cn|date = March 2020}}
Stewart wrote about the attorney representing the [[Encinitas, California]] parents who filed a complaint in 2013 with their [[San Diego County|county]] about their school district offering yoga in their children's program. The attorney had ties to Christian groups with agendas for schools.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865573929/Is-it-just-stretching-or-is-it-religion-Lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-yoga-class-in-public-schools.html|title=Is it just stretching or is it religion? Lawsuit seeks to stop yoga class in public schools|last=Brown|first=Matthew|work=Deseret News|date=22 February 2013}}</ref> Stewart has also written about the role of [[Donald J. Trump]]'s shift on abortion as a factor in his 2016 win.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/eighty-one-percent-of-white-evangelicals-voted-for-donald-trump-why/|title=Eighty-One Percent of White Evangelicals Voted for Donald Trump. Why?|last=Stewart|date=17 November 2016|work=The Nation}}</ref>


In 2012, in response to [[Good News Club|that group's]]'s involvement in her children's public school, she wrote ''[[The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children]]''.<!--EARLIER WASHPO CITATION DIT NOT SUPPORT SENTENCE, MOVED TO FURTHER READING.--> ''[[Kirkus]]'' described the book 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 = 27 March 2020 }}</ref> Alexander Heffner of the ''[[Minnesota Star Tribune]]'', whose review describes the book as "expos[ing] the violation of church and state in schools", further describes it as "an important work" and "a fascinating expose", and Stewart as "a great digger for facts" and as "a respectful narrator."<ref name=StarT>{{cite news|last=Heffner|first=Alexander|date=24 January 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 = 27 March 2020 }}</ref>
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Sections of ''The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism'' ([[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]) was adapted by the ''[[New York Review of Books]]'' and ''[[The New Republic]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Faith Militant|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/156415/faith-militant|work=The New Republic|first=Katherine|last=Stewart|date=March 2020}}</ref>


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In March 2020, Stewart published ''[[The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism]]''{{what|date = March 2020}} which was excerpted in the ''[[New York Review of Books]]''.{{cn|date = March 2020}} An essay she adapted from the book as appeared in ''[[The New Republic]]''.<ref name = KSNewRepublic20200302>See {{cite news|title=Faith Militant|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/156415/faith-militant|work=The New Republic|first=Katherine|last=Stewart|date= 2 March 2020| access-date = 27 March 2020 | quote = Katherine Stewart writes about controversies over religious freedom and church-state separation, politics, policy, and education.|date = March 2020}}, including the editor's description of the author, under the article.</ref>
In addition, Stewart has published two [[novel]]s, ''The Yoga Mamas'' (2005) and ''Class Mothers'' (2006),<ref name=Kirk>{{cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/katherine-stewart/good-news-club/|publisher=Kirkus Reviews|title=Book Review: The Good News Club|date=December 19, 2011 }}</ref> with [[Berkley Publishing|Berkley Publishing Group]], a division of [[Penguin Books]]. Along with [[music journalist]] Evelyn McDonnell, she cowrote a book about the musical [[Rent (musical)|''Rent'']] in 1997.<ref>Larson, Jonathan, ''Rent'' (New York: It Books, 1997)</ref>

==Media appearances==
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Stewart has appeared on various radio, television, and other media programs.{{says who|date = March 2020}} She appeared in March 2020 on [[WNYC]]'s{{what|date = March 2020}} ''[[The Brian Lehrer Show]]''.<ref>{{cite AV | people = Lehrer, Brian [host, interviewer] & Stewart, Katharine [guest, interviewee] | date = March 4, 2020 | title=The Religious Right's Rise to Power|work = [[The Brian Lehrer Show]] | via = [[WNYC]].com | url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/religious-rights-rise-power/|access-date= 27 March 2020 | time = }}</ref>

==Particular feature issues==
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Particular of Stewart's writings have provoked considerable attention and response.{{cn|date = March 2020}}

In February 2013, Stewart wrote for ''[[Religion Dispatches]]'' about the case of [[Encinitas, California]] parents who filed a complaint in 2013 with their [[San Diego County|county]] about their school district offering yoga in their children's program, where, per Stewart's description, a lead sponsoring parent, Mary Eady, worked at [[Truthxchange]], a Christian organization with the stated mission of “respond[ing] to the rising tide of neopaganism”, and the effort's attorney, Dean Broyles of the [[National Center for Law & Policy]] in [[Escondido, California]] "asserting that the Sun Salutation [in yoga] constitutes sun-worship".<ref>https://religiondispatches.org/protesting-yoga-in-schools-but-welcoming-bible-study/</ref>{{says who|date = March 2020}}

In November 2016, Stewart wrote in ''[[The Nation]]'' about the role of [[Donald J. Trump]]'s shift on abortion as a factor in his [[2016 U.S. Presidential Election|2016 election win]].<ref>{{cite journal|url= https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/eighty-one-percent-of-white-evangelicals-voted-for-donald-trump-why/|title=Eighty-One Percent of White Evangelicals Voted for Donald Trump. Why?|author=Stewart, Katherine|date=17 November 2016|journal=[[The Nation]] | access-date = 27 March 2020}}</ref>{{says who|date = March 2020}}

==Published works==
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===Books===
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* {{cite book | author = Stewart, Katherine | year = March 2020 | title = The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism | others = | location = New York, NY | publisher = [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] | edition = 1st | isbn = 9781635573459 | url = https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-power-worshippers-9781635573459 | access-date = 27 March 2020 | quote = 352 pp. }}
* {{cite book | author = —, — | year = 2012 | title = [[The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children]] | others = | location = | publisher = [[PublicAffairs]] | pages = | isbn = | url = | access-date = | quote = }}{{full}}
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====Fiction====
* {{cite book | author = Stewart, Katherine | year = 2006 | title = [[Class Mothers]] | others = | location = | publisher = [[Penguin Books|Penquin]]–[[Berkley Publishing|Berkley]] | pages = | isbn = | url = | access-date = | quote = }}{{full}}
* {{cite book | author = —, — | year = 2005 | title = [[The Yoga Mamas]] | others = | location = | publisher = [[Penguin Books|Penquin]]–[[Berkley Publishing|Berkley]] | pages = | isbn = | url = | access-date = | quote = }}{{full}}

===Other works===
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The following are considered important articles by Stewart, in various publications.{{cn|date = March 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/sunday/trump-evangelicals.html|title=Don't Let Trump Pay Back Evangelicals Like This|date=6 March 2020|author=Stewart, Katherine | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = }}{{says who|date = March 2020}}{{full|date = March 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/trump-evangelicals-cyrus-king.html|title=Why Trump Reigns As King Cyrus|date=31 December 2019|author = —, — | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = }}{{says who|date = March 2020}}{{full|date = March 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/opinion/roy-moore-women-harassment.html|title=Every Other Terrible Thing About Roy Moore|date=20 November 2017|author = —, —| work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = }}{{says who|date = March 2020}}{{full|date = March 2020}}
* {{cite news| author = —, — | url=http://religiondispatches.org/debating-the-nones-part-3/|title=Debating the Nones, Part 3|work = ReligiousDispatches.org | date=December 3, 2012 | access-date = }}{{says who|date = March 2020}}{{full|date = March 2020}}


==Awards==
==Awards==
*2014 [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State|Americans United]] Person of the Year<ref>{{cite web|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|publisher=au.org|date=December 2014}}</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|publisher=au.org|date=December 2014|access-date = 27 March 2020}}</ref>


==See also==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/these-christian-teachers-want-to-bring-jesus-into-public-schools--legally/2016/03/12/bfd95986-dfd3-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html|title=These Christian teachers want to bring Jesus into public schools|last=Brown|first=Emma|date=12 March 2016|journal=The Washington Post| access-date = 27 March 2020}} Quotes Stewart, based on her authorship of ''The Good News Club''.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.thegoodnewsclub.com Website for ''The Good News Club'']
* [http://www.thegoodnewsclub.com ''The Good News Club'' website.]
* [https://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2012/06/katherine-stewart-how-christian-clubs-schools-turned-faith-based-bullying ''[[MinnPost.com]]'' review of Stewart's ''Good News Club'']
*[http://www.startribune.com/nonfiction-review-book-exposes-the-violation-of-church-and-state-in-schools/137980208/ Review of ''The Good News Club'' in the ''Minnesota Star Tribune'']
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Katherine Stewart
OccupationNon-fiction author, Op-Ed writer, novelist
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipUnited States
Subjectseparation of church and state
Notable worksThe Good News Club (2012); The Power Worshippers (2020)
Website
katherinestewart.net
Literature portal

Katherine Stewart (date of birth unknown) is an American journalist and author, often writing about issues related to the separation of church and state. Her work has appeared extensively in The New York Times and The Guardian,[1][2] at the The American Prospect,[3] as well as in The Nation, Reuters.com, The Atlantic, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The New York Observer, and other publications.[not verified in body] She has published several fiction and nonfiction books, including the critically applauded[verification needed] nonfiction works, The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children (2012), which focuses on religion and public education, and The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (2020), which covers the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States. Stewart has appeared on various radio, television, and other media programs.[clarification needed][verification needed]

Early life and education

Katharine Stewart was born in Boston, Massachusetts.[when?][citation needed]

Professional interests

As a writer and speaker, Stewart has shown interest in controversies over religious freedom and the separation of church and state.[4] In addition, she has written on the topics of public education,[citation needed] science education,[citation needed] climate science,[citation needed] the public funding of faith-based initiatives,[citation needed] and bullying in schools in the U.S.[citation needed]

Career

Stewart began her career in journalism working for investigative reporter Wayne Barrett at The Village Voice.[when?][citation needed] Since 2011, Stewart has written on the themes and figures that interest her as an op-ed contributor to the The New York Times, with more than 15 appearing over the near decade-long affiliation.[1] She wrote opinion pieces extensively for The Guardian in 2012 and 2013, with almost 20 pieces, and has begun appearing there again in 2020.[2] In addition, Stewart has written for the following other periodicals:

Stewart published her first novel in 2005, The Yoga Mamas,[clarification needed][verification needed][citation needed] which was followed the next year by Class Mothers.[clarification needed][citation needed]

In 2012, in response to that group's's involvement in her children's public school, she wrote The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children. Kirkus described the book as "[c]ompelling investigative journalism about an undercovered phenomenon."[5] Alexander Heffner of the Minnesota Star Tribune, whose review describes the book as "expos[ing] the violation of church and state in schools", further describes it as "an important work" and "a fascinating expose", and Stewart as "a great digger for facts" and as "a respectful narrator."[6]

In March 2020, Stewart published The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism[clarification needed] which was excerpted in the New York Review of Books.[citation needed] An essay she adapted from the book as appeared in The New Republic.[4]

Media appearances

Stewart has appeared on various radio, television, and other media programs.[according to whom?] She appeared in March 2020 on WNYC's[clarification needed] The Brian Lehrer Show.[7]

Particular feature issues

Particular of Stewart's writings have provoked considerable attention and response.[citation needed]

In February 2013, Stewart wrote for Religion Dispatches about the case of Encinitas, California parents who filed a complaint in 2013 with their county about their school district offering yoga in their children's program, where, per Stewart's description, a lead sponsoring parent, Mary Eady, worked at Truthxchange, a Christian organization with the stated mission of “respond[ing] to the rising tide of neopaganism”, and the effort's attorney, Dean Broyles of the National Center for Law & Policy in Escondido, California "asserting that the Sun Salutation [in yoga] constitutes sun-worship".[8][according to whom?]

In November 2016, Stewart wrote in The Nation about the role of Donald J. Trump's shift on abortion as a factor in his 2016 election win.[9][according to whom?]

Published works

Books

Non-fiction

  • Stewart, Katherine (March 2020). The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (1st ed.). New York, NY: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781635573459. Retrieved 27 March 2020. 352 pp.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  • —, — (2012). The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children. PublicAffairs. {{cite book}}: |author= has numeric name (help)[full citation needed]

Fiction

Other works

The following are considered important articles by Stewart, in various publications.[citation needed]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion/contributors
  2. ^ a b https://www.theguardian.com/profile/katherine-stewart
  3. ^ a b https://prospect.org/topics/katherine-stewart/
  4. ^ a b See Stewart, Katherine (March 2020). "Faith Militant". The New Republic. Retrieved 27 March 2020. Katherine Stewart writes about controversies over religious freedom and church-state separation, politics, policy, and education., including the editor's description of the author, under the article.
  5. ^ Kirkus Staff (December 19, 2011). "Book Review—The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children". KirkusReviews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. ^ Heffner, Alexander (24 January 2012). "Nonfiction Review: Book exposes the violation of church and state in schools". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. ^ Lehrer, Brian [host, interviewer] & Stewart, Katharine [guest, interviewee] (March 4, 2020). The Religious Right's Rise to Power. The Brian Lehrer Show. Retrieved 27 March 2020 – via WNYC.com.
  8. ^ https://religiondispatches.org/protesting-yoga-in-schools-but-welcoming-bible-study/
  9. ^ Stewart, Katherine (17 November 2016). "Eighty-One Percent of White Evangelicals Voted for Donald Trump. Why?". The Nation. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  10. ^ AU Staff (December 2014). "Investigative Journalist Named AU's 'Person Of The Year' at Meeting". au.org. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

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