How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a âBible nationâ The Greens of Oklahoma Cityâthe billionaire owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft storesâare spending hundreds of millions of dollars in an ambitious effort to increase the Bibleâs influence on American society. In Bible Nation, Candida Moss and Joel Baden provide the first in-depth investigative account of the Greensâ sweeping Bible projects. Moss and Baden tell the story of the Greensâ efforts to place a Bible curriculum in public schools; their rapid acquisition of an unparalleled collection of biblical antiquities; their creation of a closely controlled group of scholars to study and promote the collection; and their construction of a $500 million Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Revealing how all these initiatives promote a very particular set of beliefs about the Bible, the book raises serious questions about the trade in biblical antiquities, the integrity of academic research, and the place of private belief in public life.
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