Posts Tagged ‘ Muslims ’

American Grace commentary on Immanent Frame

December 16, 2011
By tomsander

A series of commentaries on American Grace appear at the Immanent Frame blog (run by the Social Science Research Council).

Some are critical of American Grace, but the first post by Prof. of Sociology John Torpey at CUNY calls American…

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Putnam and Campbell in WSJ on Islam and Tolerance

August 12, 2011
By tomsander

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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American Grace cited in USA Today piece on views toward Muslims

January 28, 2011
By tomsander
American Grace cited in USA Today piece on views toward Muslims

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Excerpt:

The Qureshi family marches down a suburban Washington street in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.

Mustafa Qureshi, a Cub Scout, holds an American flag and his sister, Aisha, joins in reciting King’s “I Have…

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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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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: American Grace likely to be standard work on religion for a long time

November 1, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt:

The early settlement by Puritans means the original dominant religion was, of course, Protestant. The Constitution excludes the establishment of a national ecclesiastical authority, but the culture was unquestionably built on a mixture of Anglican tradition and, more turbulently,…

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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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NY Times: Robert Wright on Islamophobia and Homophobia

October 27, 2010
By tomsander

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Robert Wright in a NY Times Op-Ed discusses whether the significant rise of tolerance for gays in the US over the last generation is a road map for Muslims.  Excerpt:

Happily, there’s a new book that…

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New York Times’ strong review of American Grace

October 8, 2010
By tomsander

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The following are excerpts from the New York Times‘ review of American Grace which called the book “a big multi-faceted work” “urgently relevant” and deserving “the attention of everyone concerned about America’s future cohesion”:

At first…

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Talking Terry Jones back from the brink

October 1, 2010
By tomsander

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Interesting account in the Washington Post by Jim Wallis about behind-the-scenes efforts to convince Terry Jones (of the “Dove World Outreach Center” in Gainesville, FL) not to burn the Quran on 9-11.

The storm around the…

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