Putnam in NYT on debt ceiling and polarization

August 15, 2011

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, in “You Want Compromise? Sure You Do” (Sunday Review, NY Times, 8/14/11) cites American Grace co-author Robert D. Putnam.

Excerpt: THROUGHOUT the debt-ceiling debacle, poll after poll has shown that Americans want politicians in Washington to compromise.

”Americans…

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American Grace wins best political science book of 2010-2011

August 15, 2011

Robert D. Putnam (Harvard) and David E. Campbell (Univ. of Notre Dame) have been awarded the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (Simon and Schuster). The Wilson Award of the American Political…

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Putnam and Campbell in WSJ on Islam and Tolerance

August 12, 2011

Note: Paperback edition of American Grace out in January/February 2011 with all new epilogue on the findings of our Faith Matters 2011 religion survey.

Excerpt from WSJ Op-Ed by Putnam and Campbell: “What’s the path to religious acceptance in America—and…

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New Yorker blog thinks Putnam and Campbell should be in TIME100

April 26, 2011
New Yorker blog thinks Putnam and Campbell should be in TIME100

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New Yorker blog (“Book Bench”) commenting on TIME100 observes the notable absence of Robert Putnam and David Campbell for American Grace.

Excerpt (and perhaps first sentence that puts Putnam/Campbell and Justin Bieber in same sentence): What about the…

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Humanists must prove they care about improving the world

April 21, 2011
Humanists must prove they care about improving the world

Swedish Humanist poster (There is No God). Flickr photo from LetGoodIdeasCompete

“Until we can show that the nonreligious care just as much about improving the world as the religious do, we’ve got no business saying that ‘religion…

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Preacher, rabbi and bishop walk into a bar (Boston Globe)

April 5, 2011
Preacher, rabbi and bishop walk into a bar (Boston Globe)

Religion is right at the center of American life — in fact, it’s such a huge force that it’s hard to track and analyze. Political scientists Robert Putnam (of Harvard) and David Campbell (of Notre Dame)…

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Evangelical Lutheran Church of America praises American Grace

March 3, 2011
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Flickr photo by PaoloMargari

Excerpt from ELCA’s review that posits that American Grace is a once or twice in a century type of sweeping book:

Twenty years after Wuthnow’s masterful work , Robert Putnam and David…

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