The Religion of Hate

What if hate is not just an emotion, but a faith?

In this groundbreaking and provocative work, scholar and truth-seeker Michael Warlen uncovers the disturbing ways hatred behaves like a religion. Across history and into our digital age, hate has had its own scriptures, prophets, rituals, and sacrifices. It promises salvation through exclusion, belonging through hostility, and justice through vengeance, but always leaves behind ruins.

From the Crusades to Nazi Germany, from Mao’s Cultural Revolution to modern cancel culture and extremist rhetoric, The Religion of Hate traces how this false faith has shaped nations, destroyed communities, and consumed individuals. Warlen reveals the two great “hands” of hate supremacy on the far right and purity on the far left, and shows how both mirror the same destructive patterns.

Yet this is not just a book of warning. It is a call to action. Warlen explores how people, families, and societies can break free from the cult of hate and embrace what he calls the counter-religion: reconciliation, truth, forgiveness, and compassion.

Courageous, unflinching, and deeply relevant, The Religion of Hate challenges readers to recognize the patterns of hostility in our world and within ourselves and to decide which altar we will serve.

For readers of history, politics, religion, and culture who are unafraid to confront uncomfortable truths, this book offers both insight and hope.