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Michael Gerson, columnist for the Washington Post, cites American Grace in how the millennial generation has profoundly different attitudes towards gay marriage and the GOP will ultimately have to adjust their views. He writes that a recent Harvard...
Peggy Bendroth of Boston’s Congregational Library calls American Grace a “must read for anyone interested in the way religion works in this country”. In this 4-part interview she discusses American Grace with Nancy Ammerman, Professor of Sociology of Religion,...
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Here’s Rabbi Justus Baird’s unsolicited advice to Rick Santorum (kibbutzing) on his campaign strategy in the Huffington Post. Bolded items drawn from American Grace:
Excerpt: I know you’re crazy-campaign-busy…..News about your recent campaign event in Greenwell Springs, La., inspired me to...
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Robert Putnam discussed “God and Caesar in America” with leaders from the Council on Foreign Relations on March 21, 2012 and took their questions.
Excerpt:
We’ve seen rapid growth of inequality in America and much more than that the decline of economic...
The March 2012 issue of Perspectives on Politics (Vol. 10, Issue 1) has a “Review Symposium on Religion and American Public Life”. The issue has 4 reviews of American Grace (which they mistakenly call “Saving Grace” in their online...
Excerpt:
INTRODUCTION
1. This is a good ice breaker to open the discussion of American Grace, keeping in mind that not everyone is comfortable talking about his/her religion. Take a piece of paper and list your 5 closest friends. Next to their...
Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell have a piece in the March/April 2012 Foreign Affairs, including new findings from the 2011 Faith Matters Survey:
Excerpt:
From the day the Pilgrims stepped off the Mayflower, religion has played a prominent role in...
Not true historically that God was a Democrat or a Republican. We’ve lived through an unusual period where there was too close of an association of politics and religion. And political leaders and religious leaders have paid a price...