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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

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)

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 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Post The American Bible is a provocative, brilliantly realized illumination of American values by means of excerpted historical documents. --Colloquy, Harvard University 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) 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 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review) The American Bible is a provocative, brilliantly realized illumination of American values by means of excerpted historical documents.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 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 The American Bible is a provocative, brilliantly realized illumination of American values by means of excerpted historical documents. --Colloquy, Harvard University 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.

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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, Boston Globe, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Slate, and other publications. Visit the author at www.stephenprothero.com and follow him at sprothero.bsky.social.

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