Katherine Stewart, author of
The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on American's Children, which
I reviewed earlier, explores how Christian Nationalists have gained influence & power in various areas of life in the United States and elsewhere since the mid-1970s. As such
The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism goes beyond
Good News Club to place this threat to liberal democracy in a broader historical context and therefore should rise to a high priority in your "to-read" list.
A book with similar themes is Kevin Kruse's
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America.
While there is important information in this book, I disagree with the author's exhortation in epilogue to vote harder. While voting is a tool, the USA's and the world's veering towards
fascism isn't going to stop because liberals win an election here or there.
