Posts Tagged ‘ bridging ’

HuffPost: Justus Baird’s advice to Rick Santorum draws on American Grace

March 22, 2012
By tomsander

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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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Strong review of American Grace by Peter Berkowitz for Hoover Institution

October 5, 2011
By tomsander
Strong review of American Grace by Peter Berkowitz for Hoover Institution

“American Grace is a collaborative work by rising star David Campbell, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and author of Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape our Civic Life, …

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

April 5, 2011
By tomsander
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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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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Mark Silk discussing Rod Dreher and American Grace

November 30, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt: Rod Dreher, late of this site, put in an appearance yesterday in his old newspaper by way of a review essay on Robert Putnam and David Campbell’s hot new book, American Grace: How Religion Unites and Divides Us….

The …

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Rod Dreher’s “All-American Grace”

November 29, 2010
By tomsander

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Rod Dreher calls American Grace “indispensable”.  Excerpt from his Dallas Morning News piece:

The good news is that we Americans of different faith traditions get along remarkably well, not by casting aside religion, but…

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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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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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