Review of Talia Lavin, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

I n the first two weeks of the second Trump administration, the United States bore witness to a tale of two priests.During the Inaugural Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral, the Anglican bishop Mariann Budde implored President Trump to "have mercy" on migrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community. 1She referenced Trump's stated belief that divine intervention saved him from the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and requested that he show this mercy "in the name of " the same loving God.Trump responded with derision, criticizing the prayer service and the right reverend herself, and demanded an apology. 2 A little over a week later, Calvin Robinson-a priest at an Anglican Catholic Church congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan-held a hand over his heart when addressing attendees at the National Pro-Life Summit, before extending it out from his chest in a straight-armed raised salute.This "gesture" was an apparent reference to Elon Musk's similar and much-critiqued gesture at an event celebrating Trump's second inauguration.Both gestures have been called out for what they clearly appear to be-a Nazi salute.Robinson had his license in his church revoked.He took to Facebook to state that he is "not a Nazi," and he, Musk, and many other mainstream MAGA supporters have pointed to the public discourse that resulted as liberal overreaction. 3On the other hand, members of the far right took