While Europe Slept

There is no more important issue than that of religious fundamentalism’s current battle with liberal democracy. And no one has confronted this issue as forthrightly as Bruce Bawer. I re-read his last book, "Stealing Jesus," as essential background for my next book, "The Conservative Soul," and was struck again by its rigor and passion. Now, Bruce, who’s an old friend and ally, has written a clarion call for the West to understand the radical threat to our freedoms from politicized fundamentalist Islam. He writes from the belly of the beast, Norway, where he has lived for several years with his husband. I wish he’d toured the U.S., but he’s so enmeshed in the fight in Europe that he has stayed put. I know of very few as close up to what we face as Bruce is; and very few as brave and as eloquent on confronting it. You can buy the book here. It matters.