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Biographical note
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.
- 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