Monday, November 2, 2026 · 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Beverly Public Library — 32 Essex St., Beverly, MA
Join us for a presentation by Michael Blanding of his book, The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby . As Christian nationalism has surged into the mainstream of American politics in the last decade, no family has been more influential than the Greens, owners of Hobby Lobby. In tracing the family’s rise from a small Oklahoma picture-frame shop to a billion-dollar political force, the book looks at how Christian nationalism is funded, organized, and deployed—and the challenge it poses to a pluralistic democracy. Michael Blanding is a Boston-based investigative journalist and author of In Shakespeare’s Shadow and the New York Times bestseller, The Map Thief . Books will be available for purchase and signing. Free and open to adults. Questions? Contact Ona at ridenour@noblenet.org . View the full Monday Mornings schedule. Sponsored by the Friends of the Beverly Public Library.