Matt Sutton
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historian, writer,
https://www.matthew-a-sutton.com/
Always fun being on SWJ with Brad!
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about 13 hours ago
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Thanks Ben! It was great chatting with you about LDS history and the saints' influence on the trajectory of American religious life!
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2 days ago
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Smart review of Chosen Land from the Atlantic!
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6 days ago
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Thanks Will! Your show is great!
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9 days ago
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Got a nice review in the Times and am getting trashed on TGC website... Apparently I did something right?!?
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/b...
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Is America a Christian Nation?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/books/review/chosen-land-matthew-avery-sutton.html
10 days ago
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Thrilled to see that LitHub has published an excerpt from Chosen Land (
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/matth...
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lithub.com/how-christia...
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How Christianity Was Used By the Powerful and the Marginalized to Shape Post-Civil War America
Charles Shelton, a “home” missionary in the Dakota Territory, penned an article in 1885 for a missions magazine titled “The Indians from a Christian Standpoint.” He hoped to inspire more evangelist…
https://lithub.com/how-christianity-was-used-by-the-powerful-and-the-marginalized-to-shape-post-civil-war-america/
11 days ago
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This was a super fun podcast to do:
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A Chosen Land for a Chosen People? Matthew Avery Sutton on How Christianity Made America and America Remade Christianity
Podcast Episode · Keen On America · March 2 · 38m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-chosen-land-for-a-chosen-people-matthew/id1448694012?i=1000752678100
13 days ago
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A sneak peek of the Chosen Land audiobook is now live. The full release drops March 3. If you’ve ever wanted to hear my take on US history and faith — delivered by a professional narrator with a far better voice than mine—here’s your chance.
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24 days ago
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reposted by
Matt Sutton
Town Hall Seattle
about 1 month ago
3/15 at 7:30 PM | Washington State professor
@matt-avery-sutton.bsky.social
explains how evangelical Christianity has played a central role over the span of 500 years in U.S. history, culture, economics, and politics. 🎟️ Get tickets:
buff.ly/8GtJ8iF
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Although they aren't available until 3/3, my books have arrived! They're 20% off at the Basic Books website with code CHOSEN20:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/matth...
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Matt Sutton
Basic Books Group
2 months ago
@publisherswkly.bsky.social
just named Matthew Avery Sutton's forthcoming book CHOSEN LAND, a Top 10 Pick in Religion & Spirituality:
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Use code CHOSEN20 for 20% pre-orders today:
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Chosen Land
Hachette Book Group is a leading book publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the third-largest publisher in the world.
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/matthew-avery-sutton/chosen-land/9781541646339/
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Sooner or later I'll be able to stop writing about the Antichrist. Apparently not sooner.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again | Matthew Avery Sutton
From Silicon Valley to Michigan, the biblical figure is in the headlines. The shift from pulpits to politics is familiar – and dangerous
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/13/antichrist-peter-thiel-michigan
5 months ago
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My latest, on Ozzy's dance with the devil:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Ozzy Osbourne taught kids to rebel by subverting Christianity | Opinion
Ozzy Osbourne used Black Sabbath's hard rock music as a way to point out hypocrisy in Western society and modern religion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/07/24/ozzy-osbourne-black-sabbath-devil-music/85344473007/
8 months ago
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It's a long time until the March 3 publication date, but my new book "Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity" is up on the basic Books website.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/matth...
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Chosen Land
A sweeping history of Christianity in America, from the arrival of the first Europeans to the political triumphs of evangelicalism, showing the powerful, sin...
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/matthew-avery-sutton/chosen-land/9781541646339/?lens=basic-books
8 months ago
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My latest... on the late Hal Lindsey.
religionnews.com/2024/12/05/t...
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The late great Hal Lindsey
(RNS) — The ideas he popularized will continue to shape evangelicalism for generations to come.
https://religionnews.com/2024/12/05/the-late-great-hal-lindsey/
over 1 year ago
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