Gods of the Smoke Machine

We are entering a new era of religion in America: For the first time, fewer than half the country belongs to a church. But within that group, growing numbers are consolidating in megachurches, which are amassing social and political power in our age of convenience and easy celebrity. Megachurch pastors have never been more influential—with media empires, networks, and entire colleges under their control. But their churches have also never been more prone to abuse and hurt. Gods of the Smoke Mach