Review of Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by JD Vance
As he often does with his preferred flavor of conservatism or even his conception of the American nation-state, Vance grounds his faith less in abstractions than in rootedness and personal connectedness. “[W]hen Mamaw told me that God loved me, I felt meaningfully altered by that fact,” he writes. “When I scribbled Bible verses on letters to my mother, I did so because I believed they contained wisdom from God Himself. When I prayed every night — for a better future, for stability, for a permanent address, for my family’s happiness — I knew someone was listening.”
