Posts Tagged ‘ abortion ’

CNN: Putnam/Campbell discussing latest 2012 religion and politics findings

February 24, 2012
By tomsander

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…

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Washington Post review of American Grace

December 13, 2010
By tomsander

Flickr photo by Rachel Ford James

Excerpt of Washington Post review of American Grace:

Even as a religion reporter, I was surprised by some of the findings in this hefty new book about American religion by political scientists …

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Watch Putnam and Campbell on Fox and Friends

November 19, 2010
By tomsander

American Grace authors Robert Putnam and David Campbell discussed the book on Fox and Friends with Gretchen Carlson, November 19, 2010.

The short interview covers how younger Americans are more pro life and yet more tolerant of gays, the remarkable…

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God Gap back with 2010 election

November 5, 2010
By tomsander

Flickr photo by David Clow

There’s a very interesting discussion in American Grace of the fact that the God Gap (the more religious voting more Republican) is a development over the last half century.  For example, Dwight David Eisenhower…

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Houston Chronicle: Q&A with Putnam on American Grace

October 29, 2010
By tomsander

Flickr photo scoobymoo

Robert Putnam, co-author of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, recently spoke with Houston Chronicle reporter Jeannie Kever, and among other things voiced his surprise with Americans’ tolerance of those with different religious…

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Similarities of Evangelicals and Mormons

October 25, 2010
By tomsander

Flickr photo by Roy Stead

Excerpt:

As a group, they tend to be conservative, church-going, Republican. They believe it’s important to share their faith in Jesus – often on overseas mission trips – and call themselves champions of…

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Will Tea Party deflate role of religion in conservative politics?

October 7, 2010
By tomsander

Faces of the Tea Party Movement – Flickr photo by theqspeaks

Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News Reporter, writes: “The rise of the Tea Party movement raises an interesting question about the place of religious faith in our political debate….

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