E J Dionne

Biographic Data

ID4141087
NAMEE J Dionne
GIVEN NAMESE J
FAMILY NAMEDionne
SIGNATUREDIONNE E J
AFFILIATIONSE. J. Dionne Jr., a Fellow of the American Academy since 2005, is a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution, University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, and a columnist at “The Washington Post.” He is the author of “Why Americans Hate Politics” (1991), “They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era” (1996), “Stand Up Fight Back: Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of
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TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS51
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX1

  • Cries for Justice

    Émilie Dionne, E J Dionne et al.ARTICLEThe Review of Faith & International…2010

    There are forms of empathy toward Israel and toward the Palestinians. Our challenge as Christians is to find ways of bringing these two forms together. The only just solution to this conflict involves an agreement rooted in Israel’s right to exist and the right of Palestinians to a state of their own. Reinhold Niebuhr was the theologian of Christian realism; he sought to combine realism and hope. Peacemakers need to begin with the idea that the s…

  • Souled Out

    E J DionneBOOKSouled Out2008

    The religious and political winds are changing. Tens of millions of religious Americans are reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And more and more secular Americans are discovering common ground with believers on the great issues of social justice, peace, and the environment. In Souled Out , award-winning journalist and commentator E. J. Dionne explains why the era of the Religious Right--…

  • Why the public interest matters now

    Émilie Dionne, E J DionneARTICLEDaedalus2007

  • Community works

    Émilie Dionne, E J DionneBOOKCommunity Works2000

    America is experiencing a boom of voluntarism and civic mindedness. Community groups are working together to clean up their cities and neighborhoods. People are rejoining churches, civic associations, and Little Leagues. And, at every opportunity, local and national leaders are exhorting citizens to pitch in and do their part. Why has the concept of a civil society--an entire nation of communities, associations, civic and religious groups, and in…

  • Don't Knock the Folks on the Bus

    Open AccessE J Dionne, Éric DionneARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2000

    It is important for journalists to write about issues in a political campaign. It is the responsibility of the candidates, however, to make the campaign issue-oriented. This essay examines how journalists report on issues and the value of that reporting. It also inventories the issues addressed by candidates in the presidential campaigns in 2000

  • What's God Got to Do with the American Experiment?

    Émilie Dionne, E J Dionne et al.ARTICLEThe Brookings Review1999

    More than two hundred years have passed since the Constitution was written, yet Americans still cannot make up their minds whether religion is primarily private, public, or a combination of the two. This collection of essays explores the unsettled --and often unsettling --question of organized religion's role in contemporary public life. Richard N. Ostling reviews religious belief and practice in the United States in a survey of the ever-changing…

  • Why Americans hate politics

    E J DionneBOOKWhy Americans hate politics1991Cited by: 51

    Examines the current sad state of our national political life ; shows why the choices offered by both liberals and conservatives are false choices, choices that have no connection to most Americans' truest values and concerns.