Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right
2008-04-22
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Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right
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2008-04-22
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In his new book, Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right, E.J. Dionne, Jr.explores the changing dynamic between politics and religion. Mr. Dionne argues that the political power of the Religious Right is fading as Americans reclaim their faith from partisan and ideological purposes and find common ground with Americans across the political spectrum on issues such as social justice, peace, and the environment. E.J. Dionne, Jr. will discuss his new book with Professor Larry Jacobs.
E.J. Dionne, Jr. is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, and University professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University. Dionne excels in defining the strengths and weaknesses of competing political philosophies. His analysis of American politics and trends of public sentiment is recognized as among the best in the business. He believes America is about to enter a new progressive era, a period of reform in government and renewed civic activism in our communities.
Dionne spent fourteen years with the New York Times, reporting on state and local government, national politics, and from around the world. In 1990, Dionne joined the Washington Post as a reporter, covering national politics. His best-selling book, Why Americans Hate Politics (Simon & Schuster), was published in 1991. The book, which Newsday called “a classic in American political history,” won the Los Angeles Times book prize, and was a National Book Award nominee.
Dionne began his op-ed column for the Post in 1993, and it is syndicated to more than 100 other newspapers. He has been a regular commentator on politics on television and radio. His second book, They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era (Simon & Schuster), was published in February 1996. He is the series co-editor to the Pew Forum Dialogues on Religion and Public Life. He is a regular political analyst on National Public Radio.
Dionne grew up in Fall River, Mass. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. from Harvard University in 1973 and received his doctorate from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. In May 1996, Dionne joined the Brookings Institution as a senior fellow in the Governance Studies Program. Dionne began teaching at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute as University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture in the fall of 2003.
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Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2008). Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/216705.
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