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…
