Burdock at Cha House: "Gods of the Smoke Machine" Scott Latta Book Talk
Thu, Dec 04
|Birmingham
A conversation between author Scott Latta and @johnaarchibald about Latta’s new book “Gods of the Smoke Machine: Power, Pain, and the Rise of Christian Nationalism in the Megachurch.”
Time & Location
Dec 04, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Birmingham, 131 41st St S, Birmingham, AL 35222, USA
Guests
About the event
Join us Thursday, December 4 at 6:00pm @chahousebham for a conversation between author Scott Latta and @johnaarchibald about Latta’s new book “Gods of the Smoke Machine: Power, Pain, and the Rise of Christian Nationalism in the Megachurch.” A question and answer session will follow.
About the book: “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.
GODS OF THE SMOKE MACHINE goes inside America’s largest churches to unpack the impacts of megachurch culture and hear stories from those who have been hurt by their growing influence and power. Combining personal storytelling and original reporting, GODS OF THE SMOKE MACHINE pulls back the curtain on an insular institution of more than seventeen…