Become America
Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy

This book is based on a series of talks ("sermons") given by the author at the beginning of the Trump years (they actually began right after his election in 2016). They convey alarm at the trends that had led to the nation electing Trump to the presidency, but more importantly, they present a series......more

The book is a collection of “sermons” from the Author’s organization, Citizen University, a civic organization that mimics religious institutions in structure to achieve a sense of unity and purpose. An interesting idea, but that’s unrelated. The sermons (speeches) are all individually thought provok......more

I found Become America while looking for books on civics education, and wrote about its implications for civics education here. But the book is relevant for anyone who is a citizen - in a broad sense - of America today. Two years ago, Eric Liu started a thing called "Civic Saturdays." He called them......more

Shortly after the 2016 election, the former Clinton advisor developed Citizen Sermons, a sectarian communal service on being a civil civil society. These are some of his sermons through mid-2018. What it means to be an American, especially in these times, and how we can make our country better. He n......more

A collection of "civic sermons" on how to enact traditional values and moral precepts in a progressive way. Very well written and argued.......more