Exploring the concept of redemption in America, from Reconstruction to the present, Cox Richardson and Stevenson ask: What does redemption require? Heather Cox Richardson is professor of history at Boston College and an expert in nineteenth century America, specializing in politics and economics. She is the author, most recently, of the best-selling “Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America.” Stevenson has received over 50 honorary doctoral degrees, including degrees from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Oxford University. American Music from the Operatic Stage.”