Posts Tagged ‘ New York Times ’

Mormons seeking to improve their brand image

November 18, 2011
By tomsander
Mormons seeking to improve their brand image

We reported earlier on our research that shows that Mormons are among the least liked of several dozen religious and non-religious groups we polled about.  See “Pinpointing Romney’s Mormon Challenge” (WSJ) by Robert Putnam and David Campbell.  More on…

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Methodology for Tea Party findings

August 26, 2011
By tomsander
Methodology for Tea Party findings

The methodology for the Faith Matters survey is included in the paperback edition of American Grace that will be out early in 2012, but here are the basic facts.

The questions we have asked on our survey are are…

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Faith Matters Questions used in “Crashing the Tea Party”

August 18, 2011
By tomsander

 

Questions used for “”Crashing the Tea Party” New York Times Op-Ed by David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam

Many readers of the op-ed piece written by David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam in the August 17, 2011 issue…

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Dave Campbell explaining Tea Partiers on Chris Matthews’ Hardball

August 18, 2011
By tomsander
Dave Campbell explaining Tea Partiers on Chris Matthews’ Hardball

American Grace co-author David E. Campbell explains on Hardball that Tea Party supporters are much more likely to be conservative socially, ardent Republicans, anti-immigration with coolness towards blacks, and, more than most Republicans liking to mix religion and politics.

The…

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NYT Op-Ed by Putnam/Campbell “Crashing the Tea Party”

August 17, 2011
By tomsander

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An Op-Ed by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, co-authors of American Grace in today’s New York Times is getting a lot of buzz and is the most e-mailed Times story at the moment.

“Crashing…

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Putnam in NYT on debt ceiling and polarization

August 15, 2011
By tomsander

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, in “You Want Compromise? Sure You Do” (Sunday Review, NY Times, 8/14/11) cites American Grace co-author Robert D. Putnam.

Excerpt: THROUGHOUT the debt-ceiling debacle, poll after poll has shown that Americans want politicians in Washington to compromise.

”Americans…

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Ross Douthat’s NY Times Op-Ed: “A Tough Season for Believers”

December 20, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt from Ross Douthat’s NYT Op-Ed:

Happily, for those who need a last-minute gift for the anxious Christian in their life, the year just past featured two thick, impressive books that wrestle with exactly these complexities. [The complexities…

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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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