The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation

Prothero, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0062123432 / ISBN 13: 9780062123435

Published by HarperOne, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062123432
• ISBN 13: 9780062123435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not One presents a provocative crash course in the great “American scriptures”—those texts that have both divided and defined our understanding of what it is to be American. Stephen Prothero gives readers an exciting and user-friendly introduction to American cultural history in The American Bible. Highlighting the touchstones of our collective cultural legacy, from Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial; from the speeches of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan to the novels of Mark Twain and Ayn Rand, and beyond, Prothero’s stirring and provocative handbook peels back the curtain on the inner workings of what makes America tick.

About the Author

Stephen Prothero is The New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not One and an emeritus professor of religion at Boston University. His work has been featured on the cover of Time magazine, and he has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, NPR, and all the major networks. He has written and reviewed for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Slate, and other publications. Visit the author at www.stephenprothero.com and follow him at sprothero.bsky.social.