Posts Tagged ‘ young nones ’

Robert Putnam discusses religion and politics with Council on Foreign Relations members

March 21, 2012
By tomsander

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Robert Putnam discussed “God and Caesar in America” with leaders from the Council on Foreign Relations on March 21, 2012 and took their questions.

 

Excerpt:

We’ve seen rapid growth of inequality in America and much more than that the decline of economic…

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CNN: Putnam/Campbell discussing latest 2012 religion and politics findings

February 24, 2012
By tomsander

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…

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Putnam speaks with Duke Univ.’s Faith & Leadership Program about American Grace

January 19, 2011
By tomsander
Putnam speaks with Duke Univ.’s Faith & Leadership Program about American Grace

Excerpt of interview with American Grace co-author Robert Putnam:

Q: What’s your outlook about American society in “Bowling Alone”?

In “Bowling Alone” we were recounting the fact that many forms of social capital, many of which had been created…

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The Economist: Evangelicals Looking for a new Leader

December 2, 2010
By tomsander

Glenn Beck at Lincoln Memorial-photo from Wikimedia Commons

The Economist’s story, explains how US evangelicals, in a troubled time are looking for a more charismatic and likable leader than Glenn Beck.  Among the troubling evidence for evangelicals are American…

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How to restore Catholic vitality to Americans

November 17, 2010
By tomsander

Excerpt:

“The bishops are failing to teach the fullness of the Catholic faith to the church as well….Robert Putnam and David Campbell’s recently released American Grace find(s) that young people who have come of age in…

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The “Almost Christian” teens

November 5, 2010
By tomsander

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American Grace has extensive discussion of the “young nones”: those who have left evangelical churches largely because they disagree with the conservative politics, not because they don’t believe in God.  American Grace posits what this…

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