American Populism and Unitarian Universalism

By Colin Bossen

Tracing the arc of white supremacist populism in the United States from Indian Removal under Andrew Jackson through the administration of Donald Trump, this book is organized around the question: How should Unitarian Universalists respond to populism? The book points out the inefficacies that progressives, with their focus on state centered reform, use as a means of combating white supremacist populism. And argues that religious liberals, particularly Unitarian Universalists, can more effectively engage in the struggle against white supremacist populism by turning away from progressivism and turning towards the prefigurative traditions of anarchism and antifascism. This book is a must for scholars interested in Religion and Power.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3032244676
• ISBN13: 9783032244673
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 111 Pages