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Walter Lippmann was arguably the most respected political journalist of last century, one of liberalism's strongest proponents and harshest critics. This biography considers the role of religion in his life, highlighting the constructive power of doubt, and how he manufactured himself as the prophet of limitation for an excessive American Century.
List of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: The Younger Lippmann
- 1: The Disciple, 1889-1913
- 2: The Theologian, 1913-1930
- 3: The Priest, 1913-1930
- Part II: The Older Lippmann
- 4: The Evangelist, 1930-1939
- 5: The Prophet, 1939-1949
- 6: The Shepherd, 1949-1960
- 7: The Heretic, 1960-1974
- Epilogue: Saint Walter
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Mark Thomas Edwards is professor of US history and politics at Spring Arbor University in Michigan. He has published articles in
Religion and American Culture,
Diplomatic History,
Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions,
Religions, and the
Journal of Religious History. He is the author of
The Right of the Protestant Left: God's Totalitarianism (2012) and
Faith and Foreign Affairs in the American Century (2019). In the Spring of 2018, he served as Fulbright Senior Scholar to Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea, where he taught American diplomatic history.
Summary
Walter Lippmann was arguably the most respected political journalist of last century, one of liberalism's strongest proponents and harshest critics. This biography considers the role of religion in his life, highlighting the constructive power of doubt, and how he manufactured himself as the prophet of limitation for an excessive American Century.
Additional text
This stimulating and thought-provoking book appears in a series entitled "Spiritual Lives," which offers "biographies of prominent men and women whose eminence is not primarily based on a specifically religious contribution." Walter Lippmann was the great interpreter, analyst, and critic of twentieth century America's self-understanding. Verbally gifted, he either invented or popularized the key concepts that Americans used to understand the world they were shaping, including globalism, stereotypes, and the Cold War. Mark Thomas Edwards presents a fascinating interpretation of a man whose analyses were constantly changing, yet seemed founded on a moral certainty.
