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

Prothero, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0062123432 ISBN 13: 9780062123435

Casa editrice: Harperone, 2012

Riassunto

The New York Times best-selling author of Religious Literacy identifies the most crucial texts written by Americans and published in America, which have profoundly shaped our national identity, including the speeches of Lincoln, Kennedy and Reagan, and the novels of Melville, Salinger and Rand. 60,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“In these pages Stephen Prothero has brilliantly captured the American spirit-a spirit that has always seen us through hours of division and disagreement. With Prothero’s expert analysis, these texts should spark civil conversation, informed debate, and intelligent discussion.” (-Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion.)

“There are certain speeches, songs, books, letters, laws, and axioms that Americans honor enough to argue about, says religion scholar Stephen Prothero. Like the Declaration of Independence, this almost consecrated canon inspires endless commentary about what it means to be American-and what ‘America’ means.” (Religion News Service)

“Required for putting in one place so many historic pieces that are more opined over than actually read. Awesome scholarship to an admirable purpose.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

“The American Bible is a provocative, brilliantly realized illumination of American values by means of excerpted historical documents.” (Colloquy, Harvard University)

“In The American Bible, Prothero has turned his considerable talents to assembling a version of the American canon. The author’s prose is, as usual, spritely, informed and incisive.” (Washington Post)

L'autore:

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. 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. He writes and reviews for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, The Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Slate, and other publications. Visit the author at www.stephenprothero.com or follow his tweets @sprothero.

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• Editore: Harperone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062123432
• ISBN 13: 9780062123435
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 533