Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections): The Battles That Define America from Jefferson's Heresies to Gay Marriage
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061571296 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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His work has been featured on the cover of TIME magazine, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, NPR, and other top national media outlets. Stephen Prothero is the New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not One and a professor of religion at Boston University
Five Stars Carefully done and a pleasure to read.. Prothero At His Best More even-handed than its title suggests, this book is a brilliant deconstruction of the fights that produced modern America. Ultimately, whether one laments or cheers the liberal victories Prothero documents, this book is necessary reading for anyone trying to make sense of our current religious and political culture.. but a good look at why conservatives who set themselves against popular Not as triumphal as the title sounds, but a good look at why conservatives who set themselves against popular culture and intone "Here I Stand!" are not necessarily doing what liberals assume they're doing.
In this timely, carefully reasoned social history of the United States, the New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not One places today’s heated culture wars within the context of a centuries-long struggle of right versus left and religious versus secular to reveal how, ultimately, liberals always win.Though they may seem to be dividing the country irreparably, today’s heated cultural and political battles between right and left, Progressives and Tea Party, religious and secular are far from unprecedented. In this engaging and important work, Stephen Prothero reframes the current debate, viewing it as the latest in a number of flashpoints that have shaped our national identity. Drawing on his impressive depth of knowledge and detailed research, he explains how competing religious beliefs hav
“Prothero brilliantly shows how the same groups drive conflicts year after year and often lose-and how the results eventually make us stronger. Both sides can learn much from this volume.” (Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia Law School)“Shows how culture-wars battles have been waged since the nation’s founding and have molded the national character and traditions illuminating and absorbing.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))“A timely social history that illustrates that the current conflicts are actually part