A review by mhuntone
American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country by Jack Jenkins

3.0

Listened to this on audio- a pretty broad-ranged look at current faith influences on progressive politics. As a Christian with a strong progressive moral worldview, this book was comforting to see the wide range of people who also are driven by their faith to promote progressive causes. It was also really interesting to see the wide range of religious influences, not just from Christians, but also from Jewish, Muslim, Native American spiritualism and other faiths. The only downside is that because it covered such a wide range, it felt like none of them get really deep. Also, personally, I wanted more depth about the specific theologies and scriptural analyses that drives involvement in progressive politics. That isn't really what this book is though, so don't know that its a knock on the book. Overall, really interesting read that just felt a little more like a long news article than and in depth exploration of progressive faith in politics.