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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR The Christian Science Monitor Southern Living Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - The Christian Science Monitor - Southern Living Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the "better angels of our nature" have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B. Johnson, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists as Martin Luther King, Jr., early suffragettes Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, civil rights pioneers Rosa Parks and John Lewis, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Army-McCarthy hearings lawyer Joseph N. Welch, Meacham brings vividly to life turning points in American history. He writes about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of the Lost Cause; the backlash against immigrants in the First World War and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s; the fight for women's rights; the demagoguery of Huey Long and Father Coughlin and the isolationist work of America First in the years before World War II; the anti-Communist witch-hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy; and Lyndon Johnson's crusade against Jim Crow. Each of these dramatic hours in our national life have been shaped by the contest to lead the country to look forward rather than back, to assert hope over fear--a struggle that continues even now. While the American story has not always--or even often--been heroic, we have been sustained by a belief in progress even in the gloomiest of times. In this inspiring book, Meacham reassures us, "The good news is that we have come through such darkness before"--as, time and again, Lincoln's better angels have found a way to prevail.Praise for The Soul of America "Brilliant, fascinating, timely . . . With compelling narratives of past eras of strife and disenchantment, Meacham offers wisdom for our own time."--Walter Isaacson "Gripping and inspiring, The Soul of America is Jon Meacham's declaration of his faith in America."--Newsday
"Meacham gives readers a long-term perspective on American history and a reason to believe the soul of America is ultimately one of kindness and caring, not rancor and paranoia."--USA Today
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Published: 05/08/2018
ISBN: 9780399589812
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.30h x 5.60w x 1.50d
Review Citations: Booklist 05/01/2018 pg. 59
Publishers Weekly 05/07/2018
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2018
Library Journal 06/01/2018 pg. 103
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★★★★★ 5
Great Depth, Beautiful Edition.
Format: Hardcover
The deluxe hardcover is gorgeous, with art on the inside of the cover and diagrams and footnotes galore. I will say the footnotes get pretty deep, almost as many of them as there is "normal" text. But very, very well done deluxe anniversary edition. The content blows me away, and like Heiser says, I'll never read my Bible the same way again. Wouldn't recommend this book to most people, as sometimes I had to go back and re-read a passage, or got done with a footnote that was several paragraphs long and had to remember what the text was talking about before I got sidetracked by the footnote. But very glad I read it, very glad I own it. Also comes with a free digital download (though locked to their free app, Logos).
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Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2026
★★★★★ 5
The best book so far from Dr. Michael Heiser!! A MUST-HAVE!!
Format: Paperback
This book is a must have! Dr. Michael Heiser was a great scholar that gave truth to all he taught. His book is really filled with good in depth information where you get more understanding with what you read from Scripture. It gives great detail explanation of many topics and references to where you can look into Scripture. There's many footnotes in it as well from him. He has many different books written and I think this is his best. So YES this is a must have and you should get "The Unseen Realm" from Dr. Michael Heiser.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Outstanding Book, Read Best with Careful Right Division
Format: Hardcover
Verified Purchase. I bought this book for myself and, after reading it, also purchased copies for several family members and friends. The Unseen Realm is one of the most thought-provoking and eye-opening biblical studies I’ve encountered. Michael Heiser does an excellent job restoring the supernatural worldview of Scripture and shedding light on passages that are often overlooked or misunderstood.
From an Acts 9 Mid-Acts Dispensational perspective, however, the book is best read with discernment. The narrative frequently treats Acts 2 (Pentecost) as a major turning point in God’s program for the nations. Mid-Acts theology understands Acts 2 as still part of Israel’s prophetic kingdom program, with the distinct revelation of the Church, the Body of Christ, revealed later through the apostle Paul.
In addition, the book’s strong emphasis on a unified, canon-wide storyline can blur the important Prophecy vs. Mystery distinction, particularly the uniquely Pauline revelation of the unprophesied mystery of the Body of Christ.
Finally, while not teaching baptismal regeneration, the book affirms water baptism as meaningful for believers today, which differs from the Mid-Acts conviction that the Church participates only in the one baptism of the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13).
Overall, this is an excellent and enriching book that I gladly recommend — provided it is read with careful right division and Pauline distinctives firmly in place.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2026
★★★★★ 5
This book will change how you view the Bible in context (in a very good way).
Format: Hardcover, Format: Hardcover
When I first stumbled upon Dr. Heiser’s work, I didn’t know just how much I was going to enjoy it. In the Unseen Realm, Dr. Heiser lays out the best exegetical and hermeneutical case I’ve seen for understanding the Bible, especially those hard to understand passages that are littered throughout. This book has helped me take my biblical understanding to another level. It’s also one of the best researched books I’ve come across in any subject (60 pages of bibliography). Not only can you read this and enjoy a new level of understanding, but it can also become a reference book that you use again and again. I’m now going to read his other books because this was fantastic. God bless you all.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Required Reading for Serious-about-Scripture Christians
Format: Hardcover
A must-have, must-read for anyone interested in what Scripture's authors believed and communicated in the writings. Eye opening, gripping, and serves as an outstanding introduction or supplemental to the ancient context of Scripture for understanding it's teaching today. Absent are surface level feel-good platitudes. This book is for someone who wants meat. I highly recommend this book and Michael Heiser's other books.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2026