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29 Yale J.L. & Human. 113 (2017)
Not without Honor: Review of Cathleen Kaveny, Prophecy without Contempt: Religious Discourse in the Public Square

handle is hein.journals/yallh29 and id is 119 raw text is: Not Without Honor? Review of CATHLEEN KAVENY, PROPHECY WITHOUT CONTEMPT: RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE Andrew Forsyth* Then Jesus said to them, Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house (Mark 6:4). Hear the word of the LORD, 0 people of Israel; for the LORD has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land (Hosea 4:1 a). Unsurprisingly, perhaps, presidential elections prompt Americans to take stock of the state of the nation, and, in particular, the state of democracy: the institutions, conventions, and habits, that is, which allow for representative government, and which-in principal, at least-ground and ensure equal rights and fair treatment. Countless books will be written about the 2016 election, no doubt, and whether it was an aberration or the beginning of a new politics. Among them will be titles that struggle with the nature of American political speech: After Donald Trump's victory, can we have coherent debate in the public square or must we now engage in post-truth politics?' And after an election revealing deep-seated racial, class, gender, and regional differences, even animus, what can our politicians say to unify the nation or restore trust in American democracy? Cathleen Kaveny's Prophecy Without Contempt offers a long view of American political speech.2 Published in early 2016, its analysis begins * Department of Religious Studies, Yale University. I am grateful to Kevin P. Tobia for his helpful suggestions. 1. Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief, post-truth is the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2016. Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016 is . ., OXFORD DICTIONARIES, available at https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/press/news/ 2016/11/17/WOTY-16. 2. CATHLEEN KAVENY, PROPHECY WITHOUT CONTEMPT: RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE (Harvard Univ. Press 2016). 113

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