E.J. Dionne, Jr.

E.J. Dionne is a professor in the foundations of democracy and culture at Georgetown University and a leading scholar and commentator on religion in US politics. A senior fellow in the Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, Dionne writes a column for The Washington Post that is nationally and abroad syndicated in over 100 outlets, and his most recent book is Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent (June 2012). His book Why Americans Hate Politics (1991), won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award nominee. He is also author of 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 Revenge (2004), and Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right (2008).