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| Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert D Putnam; David E Campbell |
| ISBN: | 9781416566717 1416566716 9781416566885 1416566880 |
| OCLC Number: | 555639536 |
| Awards: | Winner of Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award 2011 |
| Description: | 673 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Religious polarization and pluralism in America -- Vignettes : the old and the new -- Religiosity in America : the historical backdrop -- Religiosity in America : shock and two aftershocks -- Switching, matching, and mixing -- Innovations in religion -- Vignettes : ethnicity, gender, and religion -- The women's revolution, the rise of inequality, and religion -- Diversity, ethnicity, and religion -- Vignettes : how religion and politics intertwine -- Religion in American politics -- Echo chambers : politics within congregations -- Religion and good neighborliness -- A house divided? -- America's grace : how a tolerant nation bridges its religious divides -- Appendix 1. The Faith Matters surveys -- Appendix 2. Data analysis. |
| Responsibility: | Robert D. Putnam, David E. Campbell with the assistance of Shaylyn Romney Garrett. |
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"A big, multifaceted work. . . . Intellectually powerful." --Robert Wright, New York Times Book Review "This is the best overview of American religion in the last half century that I have ever read. If you care about American religion, you must read this book." --Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President, Union for Reform Judaism "For anyone interested in the role of religion in America's civic life, Robert Putnam and David Campbell's American Grace is a must read. I am confident that their findings from rich case studies and sophisticated analysis of original national surveys will be of great value to academics, politicians, community organizers, religious and non-religious leaders, and American citizens who wonder about why and how religion continues to matter so much in American civic and private life." --Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame "In American Grace, Robert Putnam and David Campbell analyze survey data and congregational profiles to give us a comprehensive look at religion in our country, and reach conclusions that will provide much thought for reflection. For those interested in the role of religion in society, this is an important book to read. It will be the topic of much discussion." --Jim Wallis, President of Sojourners and author of God's Politics and Rediscovering Values "This remarkable book does to religion what the Kinsey Report did to sex: document, dissect and assess the role religion--broadly defined to include disbelief and uncertainty--plays in our national experience. Whether you are a fundamentalist or atheist (or anything in-between) this book matters, because religion matters." --Alan Dershowitz, author of The Genesis Of Justice and The Trials Of Zion "American Grace is an instant canonical text. It is indispensable for any grasp of our pluralistic religious culture. And it inspires us to deepen our ecumenical democracy!" --Cornel West, Center for African American Studies, Princeton University "Perhaps the most sweeping look yet at contemporary American religion." --Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post "Religion is perhaps the most significant but little understood force in American life, and this new book goes a long way toward illuminating how faith affects our politics and our culture. Robert Putnam and David Campbell have produced an original and thought-provoking work." --Jon Meacham, author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation "American Grace is a monumental work, an elegant narrative built on a solid foundation of massive research. This surprising, absolutely fascinating, and ultimately uplifting portrait of the changing role of religion in American life deserves the widest possible audience. It is a triumph." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Read more...
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