Posts Tagged ‘ Aunt Susan ’

Putnam Discusses “American Grace” on Tavis Smiley

December 21, 2010
By tomsander

“The so called culture war – the notion that Americans are deeply divided and hate each other across religious lines – is a vast exaggeration and a kind of a fun-house mirror that suggests that we are in two…

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Robert Putnam discusses American Grace on “Forum Truth”

December 3, 2010
By tomsander

“Historically, only a small percentage of Americans (5-7%) when you asked them whether they are Protestant or Catholic or whatever, said they had no religion at all; we call them the ‘nones’… Over the last 20 years, that figure…

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The Economist: “One Nation with Aunt Susan”

November 29, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt from The Economist discussing Robert Putnam and David Campbell’s American Grace:

America’s religiosity has been extensively documented and should surprise no one. It is, Sarah Palin said in her own new book this week, “a prayerful country”….

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Putnam on Islamophobia; views towards other religions (MPR)

November 15, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt: The threatened burning of the Qu’ran in Florida made news because it was extremely rare. … We are on average as religious as the Iranians.  When was the last time you heard of someone burning the Torah or…

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Christian Century: American Grace most comprehensive, balanced and up-to-date look at American religion

November 1, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt:

The worry in Bowling Alone was that it was precisely the churches that produce the most bridging capital that were on the decline and the bonding ones that were flourishing.

American Grace tackles this issue head on. Joined by fellow…

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David Campbell on the Marc Steiner Show on American Grace

November 1, 2010
By tomsander

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“The most popular religious group in America today is Jews…What’s so interesting about that is that it was only a generation ago or two generations ago when Jewish-Americans would have been viewed as at the…

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Putnam discusses American Grace at Zocalo Public Square

October 22, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt from interview with Putnam about American Grace:

In the 1950s, Putnam said, America was probably more religiously observant than ever in the nation’s history, at least until the “lightning bolt” of the 1960s. As Americans challenged authority…

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Putnam/Campbell discuss American Grace on the Brian Lehrer Show

October 19, 2010
By tomsander

Co-authors David Campbell and Robert Putnam talked on WNYC about American Grace:  increased religious polarization and the God Gap, increasing ties with others across religious ties, how hard it is to demonize “nonbelievers”, what happened to progressive religious Americans,…

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Putnam on “The Takeaway” on how America reconciles religiosity and tolerance

October 19, 2010
By tomsander

Listen to Robert Putnam on The Takeaway interview with Celeste Headlee. Putnam notes that America has religiosity as high as a place like Iran but unlike Iran retains high inter-religious comity.   He explains that it has to do with…

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