Brooke Allen's Twentieth-Century Attitudes was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She has also written Artistic License. Her critical writing appears frequently in the Times Book Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Criterion, The Hudson Review, The Nation, and The New Leader. She lives with her husband and two children in Brooklyn, New York.
Meticulously researched and eminently readable. . . .
Enthusiastically recommended for all collections.
*Library Journal*
Ms. Allen succeeds perfectly.
*New York Sun*
Enlightening, infectiously enthusiastic scrutiny.
*Booklist*
Careful and provocative reading. . . . Allen's book is welcome
counterweight.
*Darryl Hart, Hillsdale College*
Allen's clear and intelligent eye is a pleasure . . . a fine small
book.
*Peter Matthiessen, novelist and non-fiction writer, twice winner
of the National Book Award*
Allen lucidly demolishes the fundamentalists' revisionist history
of the Constitution. . . . An elegant and riveting defense.
*Heather MacDonald*
Well documented, exuberantly argued and quite persuasive.
*The New York Times*
Allen provides honest answers to the questions about the religious
beliefs and practices of Washington and the other key founders.
*St. Louis Post-Dispatch*
If our right-wing adversaries insist on claiming that Washington
and Franklin actually wanted the United States to be a Christian
theocracy, Allen's book certainly can help to refute that
outrageous lie.
*People's Weekly World*
Her argument marks a salient starting point for an informed debate
on a compelling topic. Those who call the U.S. a 'Christian Nation'
when referring not only to the religious beliefs of its citizens
but to the structure and intention of its government ought to
welcome the contrarian challenge she poses.
*Richmond Times-Dispatch*
Allen delivers a rationalist polemic against those who would make
of the American Founders observant, believing Christians in the
modern sense. . . . Ms. Allen writes with facility.
*The Wall Street Journal*
This is an excellent book about the beliefs of the six founders and
well worth a read. Highly recommended.
*Blogcritics*
A mighty case for the religious questioning of America's Founding
Fathers . . . thoughtful, diligently researched and often
eyebrow-raising.
*Blue Ridge Business Journal*
[Written] in a brisk, highly readable style.
*Village News*
This is a thoughtful, well-written book.
*Newspress*
Examine[s] the . . . Founding Fathers to convincingly demonstrate
that Christian belief did not guide their political thinking . . .
an excellent concluding chapter.
*Magill Book Reviews*
A small, and wildly underappreciated book.
*Falls Church News-Press*
Ably demonstrates the uncontroversial thesis that many of the
founding fathers were not very devout.
*Old Durham Road*
Allen's book . . . brings the substantial literary talents of a
public intellectual to the dialogue on church and state in
America.
*Journal of Southern History*
Informed by substantial research in their writings and provides
numerous quotations.
*The Historian*
Meticulously researched and eminently readable. . . .
Enthusiastically recommended for all collections. -- D. L. Davey *
Library Journal *
Ms. Allen succeeds perfectly. -- Adam Kirsch * New York Sun *
Enlightening, infectiously enthusiastic scrutiny. -- Ray Olson *
Booklist *
Careful and provocative reading. . . . Allen's book is welcome
counterweight. -- Darryl Hart, Hillsdale College
Allen's clear and intelligent eye is a pleasure . . . a fine small
book. -- Peter Matthiessen, novelist and non-fiction writer, twice
winner of the National Book Award
Allen lucidly demolishes the fundamentalists' revisionist history
of the Constitution. . . . An elegant and riveting defense. --
Heather MacDonald
Well documented, exuberantly argued and quite persuasive. -- George
Will, winner of the Pulitzer Prize * The New York Times *
Allen provides honest answers to the questions about the religious
beliefs and practices of Washington and the other key founders. --
Myron A. Marty * St. Louis Post-Dispatch *
If our right-wing adversaries insist on claiming that Washington
and Franklin actually wanted the United States to be a Christian
theocracy, Allen's book certainly can help to refute that
outrageous lie. -- Emile Schepers * People's Weekly World *
Her argument marks a salient starting point for an informed debate
on a compelling topic. Those who call the U.S. a 'Christian Nation'
when referring not only to the religious beliefs of its citizens
but to the structure and intention of its government ought to
welcome the contrarian challenge she poses. * Richmond
Times-Dispatch *
Allen delivers a rationalist polemic against those who would make
of the American Founders observant, believing Christians in the
modern sense. . . . Ms. Allen writes with facility. -- Aram
Bakshian Jr. * The Wall Street Journal *
This is an excellent book about the beliefs of the six founders and
well worth a read. Highly recommended. -- Marty Dodge * Blogcritics
*
A mighty case for the religious questioning of America's Founding
Fathers . . . thoughtful, diligently researched and often
eyebrow-raising. * Blue Ridge Business Journal *
[Written] in a brisk, highly readable style. * Village News *
This is a thoughtful, well-written book. -- Alvena Bieri *
Newspress *
Examine[s] the . . . Founding Fathers to convincingly demonstrate
that Christian belief did not guide their political thinking . . .
an excellent concluding chapter. -- Milton Berman * Magill Book
Reviews *
A small, and wildly underappreciated book. -- Nicholas F. Benton *
Falls Church News-Press *
Ably demonstrates the uncontroversial thesis that many of the
founding fathers were not very devout. * Old Durham Road *
Allen's book . . . brings the substantial literary talents of a
public intellectual to the dialogue on church and state in America.
* Journal of Southern History *
Informed by substantial research in their writings and provides
numerous quotations. -- Allen Gibson * The Historian *
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