Reviews for In Defense of Religion

The average rating for In Defense of Religion based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-06 00:00:00 David Anible Imaginative and lucidly written history. Joanna Brooks is just as accomplished with academic nonfiction as she is with creative writing (see her luminous memoir, "The Book of Mormon Girl"). Her study of African and Native American religious invention in literature is a bit lopsided — only one chapter about a Native American author, compared to four chapters about black authors — but each essay works well as a microhistory or snapshot. Taken together, the essays produce a counter-narrative of American religious history. Unlike white Enlightenment philosophers, black and Native American authors did not assume that rationality and goodness would always prevail. Knowing how easily their world could descend into chaos, people of color reinterpreted Christianity in ways that affirmed their humanity and wrote works of literature that called for resilience and courage in the face of oppression.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-07-12 00:00:00 Michael Stork By far the best textbook on religion out there.