Book Talk with Katie Gaddini on Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right

Esther’s Army examines how right-wing Christian women have become a powerful force in American politics. Drawing on years of ethnographic research, sociologist Katie Gaddini follows activists as they organize, mobilize, and build influence across grassroots networks, conservative institutions, and national politics.

Profiling figures from college idealists and anti-feminist leaders to Black conservatives, social media influencers, suburban activists, and “Mama-Bears” organizing at state capitols, Gaddini shows how these women mobilize faith, gender, and political strategy.