Anointed with Oil

This book places religion and oil at the center of American history, revealing how from the earliest discovery of oil in America during the Civil War, citizens saw oil as both a blessing and a burden.

It details how the oil industry's leaders and workers transformed American religion, business, and politics, boosting America's global power, shaping modern evangelical Christianity, and influencing the rise of the Republican Right.

The book spans from the Civil War to the present, covering regions from West Texas to Saudi Arabia and the Alberta Tar Sands, and from oil-patch boomtowns to the White House.