Redeeming Democracy by Robert P. Jones
Research and reflections on religion, racial justice, & the moral work of protecting democracy. Hosted by NYT bestselling author Robert P. Jones, president/founder of PRRI.
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There’s Still Time, Until There Isn’t: BACKSLIDE Book Tour Updates (opens the original)
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This second week of the official BACKSLIDE book tour was intense, with three cities in five days: Chicago, Jackson, New York. Chicago: On Wednesday I gave a talk and was in conversation with Rev. Beth Brown, senior minister, in front of a full house at Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church. Jackson, MS: Saturday morning, I was honored to be at the Mississippi Book Festival on a panel in the marble-clad Old Supreme Court chambers at the state capitol building. The panel was titled “The Soul of America
The BACKSLIDE Book Tour: This Week, Chicago-Jackson-New York (opens the original)
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Greetings to everyone from the BACKSLIDE book tour. I’m back on the road this week with the busiest sequence of the tour—Chicago on Wednesday, my home town of Jackson, MS, on Saturday, and New York on Sunday. Here’s the quick overview of the fall tour as it stands, and details of this week’s events are below. If I’m coming to a city near you, I hope you’ll come and say hello. And please help me spread the word to friends in your circles who might attend.<a class="image-lin
New This Week: A Look Inside LIVE LAUGH LOVE by Kristin Du Mez (opens the original)
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Dear Redeeming Democracy readers,Greetings from Hattiesburg, MS, where I’ve been for my first stop on my book tour for BACKSLIDE: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation after the Christian Turn Against Democracy, which was just published last week. Thanks to so many of you who bought the book last week, helping it trend at the major retailers across the country, including landing it at #1 new release in the Democracy category at Amazon.I also want to say thank you to the good folks at University of Sou
RD Author Salon: AMERICAN CAESAR by Brad Onishi (opens the original)
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Hi, Redeeming Democracy readers,Thanks so much for you support of the launch of my new book BACKSLIDE: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation after the Christian Turn Against Democracy. Thanks to so many of you who bought the book, it’s trending on all the major retailers such as my preferred source Bookshop.com, and it has reached #2 in Democracy books on Amazon (where it’s also now 22% off). If you’ve read BACKSLIDE already, I’d love to hear your feedback in the comments below. And please do help spr
A Reckoning From My New Book, BACKSLIDE. This Is Our 1933. (opens the original)
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Dear Redeeming Democracy readers,I’m so excited that my new book, BACKSLIDE: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation after the Christian Turn Against Democracy, is officially out in the world after publishing last Tuesday. See below for two recent in-depth conversations about the book and a sneak peek inside the book.When I first launched the Substack newsletter 5 years ago now, I had no idea it would grow into a reading community of over 42,000. As I’ve been working on this book over the last three yea
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