Undisclosed movement strategists architect the grassroots religious right.

Evidence

The religious right is not a single organization, and yet it is surprisingly well organized in a certain sense. It may be perceived as a grassroots movement, not answering in a formal way to a command-and-control hierarchy. But it is the big-picture strategists who are, to a largely underappreciated degree, acting as its architects and engineers. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 721

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: Inverts the grassroots narrative by arguing command-and-control strategists secretly engineer what looks like spontaneous mass mobilization.
• XREF: connects to: The source of UiP’s massive voter database remains unexplained. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 690; Free travel and fellowship lure pastors into organized political lobbying. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 406; Evangelical women’s gender identity fueled the grassroots Religious Right activism. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 154

Broader Connections

• Evangelical women’s gender identity fueled the grassroots Religious Right activism. #expands (0.78) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 154