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…
It was only a generation ago when John F. Kennedy ran for president with many questioning whether as Catholic he was fit to be president: would he answer to the people or the Vatican? American Grace contrasts…
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,…
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…