The American Hour: A Time of Reckoning and the Once and Future Role of Faith

by Os Guinness

The author of the bestselling The Gravedigger's File and The Dust of Death provides an inspiring plan for resolving America's growing moral and cultural crises. His is a vision of a restored shared philosophy, one that allows us to solve the thorny practical questions of living with our deepest differences.

458 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Os Guinness (D.Phil., Oxford) is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books, including The American Hour, Time for Truth and The Case for Civility. A frequent speaker and prominent social critic, he was the founder of the Trinity Forum and has been a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies. He lives near Washington, D.C.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very thought provoking critique of the United States from a sociological view. Guinness pinpoints the American Crisis, our lack of cultural authority, and then traces its roots and predicts possible outcomes for the future. Will America regain cultural authority? While dated--this was written in the early 90s--his analysis is astute and his predictions of what will happen in the future are eerily on point.