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Latest Perspectives on Politics has 4 reviews of “American Grace”

March 21, 2012
By tomsander

The March 2012 issue of Perspectives on Politics (Vol. 10, Issue 1) has a “Review Symposium on Religion and American Public Life”.  The issue has 4 reviews of American Grace (which they mistakenly call “Saving Grace” in their online…

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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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Evangelical Lutheran Church of America praises American Grace

March 3, 2011
By tomsander
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Flickr photo by PaoloMargari

Excerpt from ELCA’s review that posits that American Grace is a once or twice in a century type of sweeping book:

Twenty years after Wuthnow’s masterful work , Robert Putnam and David…

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Marvin Olasky reviews American Grace in World magazine

January 14, 2011
By tomsander

Marvin Olasky reviews American Grace in World Magazine

Robert Putnam, famous for his decade-old book Bowling Alone, now co-authors a massive work with the subtitle “How Religion Divides and Unites Us”—and the divisions are so clear…

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Washington Post review of American Grace

December 13, 2010
By tomsander

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Excerpt of Washington Post review of American Grace:

Even as a religion reporter, I was surprised by some of the findings in this hefty new book about American religion by political scientists …

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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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Financial Times’ review of American Grace

November 15, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt of American Grace review:

At first glance, there is reason to worry a lot about American religion, the authors think. A society with one religion, devoutly followed, ought to be stable. So should a society with…

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Salt Lake City Tribune: Religion divider and uniter in America

November 15, 2010
By tomsander

Photo of American Grace Authors by Louise Kennedy Converse

Excerpt:

American believers used to fight about theology. Catholics against Protestants. Christians against Jews. Mormons, at times, against everyone else.

Today’s battle lines are more political — evangelical Protestants,…

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