Cornel West is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary. Formerly, he was University Professor at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including Race Matters, Brother West, Black Prophetic Fire, Keeping Faith, Prophetic Fragments, and, with bell hooks, Breaking Bread. He is running as a 2024 candidate for president of the United States in the Green Party.

• 1. Democracy Matters Are Frightening in Our Time2. Nihilism In America3. The Deep Democratic Traditioni in America4. Forging New Jewish and Islamic Democratic Identities5. The Crisis of Christian Identity in America6. The Necessary Engagement with Youth Culture7. Putting On Our Democratic ArmorAcknowledgmentsIndex

“Uncompromising and unconventional . . . Cornel West is an eloquent prophet with attitude.” —Newsweek“West reveals himself as a thinker of dazzling erudition, whose critiques are inevitably balanced by an infectious optimism and magnanimity of spirit.” —The Village Voice