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THE OPPORTUNITY GAP
Huffington Post. "Celebrating a Year of Progress." (Chris Gabrieli & Luis Ubinas, 5/15/13)
Kristeligt Dagblad. "Den amerikanske drøm er i forfald." (Sidsel Nyholm, 5/15/13)
New York Times. "No Rich Child Left Behind." (Sean F. Reardon, 4/27/13)
New York Times. “Our Second Adolescence.” (David Brooks, 2/25/13)
Brookings Institution. “A New Federal Policy Architecture to Promote Social Mobility.” (Richard V. Reeves, 1/22/13)
Harvard University Institute of Politics Forum. “Election 2012: The Big Questions (Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics).” (David Brooks, 11/15/12)
New York Times. “The opportunity gap.” (David Brooks, 7/9/12)
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AMERICAN GRACE
Huffington Post. "Face to faith: Three crucial testimonies of friendship across religious divides." (Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, 5/6/13)
Religion Dispatches. "What is interfaith cooperation for?" (Eboo Patel, 5/5/13)
Huffington Post. "How should we combat Islamophobia?" (Daniel Tutt, 4/25/13)
Huffington Post. "3 reasons interfaith efforts matter more than ever." (Eboo Patel, 4/23/13)
The Atlantic. "Relationships are more important than ambition." (Emily Esfahani Smith, 4/16/13)
Jewish Journal. "Jewish atheism and Jewish theism in America." (Roger Price, 4/12/13)
Huffington Post. "Religion has nothing to fear from the 'nones'." (Eric H. Yoffie, 4/8/13)
Memphis Flyer. "Chris Stedman: interfaith activist--and Faitheist." (Leonard Gill, 4/7/13)
New York Times. "Interfaith unions: a mixed blessing." (Naomi Schaefer Riley, 4/5/13)
New York Times. "How skeptics and believers can connect." (T.M. Luhrmann, 4/5/13)
Religion News Service. "What's at stake in ordaining Mormon women?" (Jana Riess, 4/5/13)
Daily Tar Heel. "Churches are struggling with a decline in religious affiliation." (Daniel Wiser, 4/1/13)
Washington Post. "A country increasingly polarized by religion." (Michael Gerson, 3/28/13)
Chicago Magazine. "How homosexuality and the religious right created a rift in Christianity." (Whet Moser, 3/27/13)
New York Times. "Easter vs. Passover: in interfaith marriages, Mom's faith wins out." (Naomi Schaefer Riley, 3/27/13)
Independent Americans. “Losing our religion: study shows decline in religious affiliation.” (Kate Morris, 2/13/13)
The Keene Sentinel (Keene, NH). “American Grace.” (Steve Sherman, 2/10/13)
Religion News Service. “The Future of American Christianity: An Interview with David Campbell.” (Jonathan Merritt, 2/7/13)
University of Florida News. “Award-winning author to speak on role of religion in American politics.” (2/6/13)
Christian Post. “Atheist activist: modern atheist movement is ‘elitist,’ lacks concern for poor.” (Michael Gryboski, 2/5/13)
Amarillo Globe News (Amarillo, TX). “Love thy neighbor.” (James Hallmark, 2/1/13)
NPR’s Morning Edition. “Losing our religion.” (1/18/13)
Huffington Post. “Is this the end of evangelicalism?” (Skye Jethani, 1/18/13)
Los Angeles Times. “Spiritual but not religious.” (Corrina Nicolaou, 12/28/12)
New York Post. “Two-faith weddings: an all-American trend.” (Naomi Schaefer Riley, 12/24/12)
New York Times. “The moral animal.” (Jonathan Sacks, 12/23/12)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Robert Putnam: How the religious/secular divide polarizes America.” (Marylynne Pitz, 12/3/12)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “’American Grace’ author to speak in Squirrel Hill.” (Marylynne Pitz, 11/30/12)
Huffington Post. “Why pluralism should matter to atheists.” (Vlad Chituc, 11/13/12)
Deseret News. “David Campbell on the pros and cons of being a peculiar people at Mormon Media Studies Symposium.” (Alexis Jones, 11/9/12)
Los Angeles Times. “For Mormons, Mitt Romney’s loss was still a win for their faith.” (John M. Glionna & Mitchell Landsberg, 11/8/12)
Religion Dispatches. “From closeted evangelical to unapologetic atheist: a ‘Faitheist’ manifesto.” (Chris Stedman, 11/8/12)
Subdivided: Isolation and Community in America. “Robert Putnam on Religion.” (video) (11/8/12)
Washington Post. “Hopeful for explicit discussion from White House on religious diversity.” (Eboo Patel, 11/5/12)
Deseret News. “Pulpit politics: churchgoers encouraged to vote but few being told who to vote for.” (Matthew Brown, 11/2/12)
Center for American Progress. “Courting the ‘None’ Vote: The Religiously Unaffiliated and the Future of American Politics.” (Jack Jenkins, 11/1/12)
The University News of St. Louis University. “Politics, religion intertwine.” (10/25/12)
Holy Cross. “Harvard political scientist to share survey findings on role of religion in public life.” (Danielle Kane, 10/24/12)
STL Beacon. “The ‘grace gap’: Author says those who pray before meals more likely to vote for GOP.” (Patricia Rice, 10/18/12)
Philanthropy Roundtable. “A welfare system that works.” (Naomi Schaefer Riley, Fall 2012)
The Daily Beast/Newsweek. “The GOP’s Secularism Problem.” (David Sessions, 10/15/12)
Opportunity Nation. “2012 Opportunity Nation Summit: Michael Gherson & Robert Putnam (video).” (10/10/12)
New York Post. “CSI: Afterlife.” (Naomi Schaefer Riley, 10/13/12)
NPR’s It’s All Politics. “Young ‘nones’ set to transform the political landscape.” (Scott Neuman, 10/9/12)
The New York Times. “Percentage of Protestant Americans is in steep decline, study finds.” (Laurie Goodstein, 10/9/12)
The Washington Post. “One in five Americans reports no religious affiliation, study says.” (Michelle Boorstein, 10/9/12)
NET (Nebraska public broadcasting). “Religion in America: an NET Radio exclusive interview.” (9/27/12)
The Daily Nebraskan. “E.N. Thompson lecture series begins Oct. 2 with Robert Putnam.”(10/2/12)
The Daily Nebraskan. “First of annual E.N. Thompson series examines religious trends.” (Mara Klecker, 10/3/12)
NYTimes.com. “Why Am I Back in Church?” (Eric Nagourney, 10/4/12)
The Courier-Journal. “All the questions fit to ask: What should reporters ask candidates about religion?” (Peter Smith, 10/4/12)
Huffington Post. “Spiritual but not religious: the worst of all worlds.” (Alan Miller, 10/2/12)
Faith in Public Life. “Catholic bishops rev up political machine to fight the gays.” (John Gehring, 9/26/12)
University of Nebraska News. “’American Grace’ Presentation Opens E.N. Thompson Series on Tuesday.” (Dennis Potthoff, 9/27/12)
First Things. “The definition of 'evangelical'.” (James R. Rogers, 9/25/12)
The Jewish Daily Forward. “How can Mitt swing Florida Jews?” (Ira M. Sheskin, 9/23/12)
The Chronicle of Higher Education. “Is your campus diverse? It’s a question of faith.” (Eboo Patel, 9/17/12)
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BOWLING ALONE
Morung Express (Dimapur, India). “The imagined community of Myanmar.” (Emanuel Bria, 5/13/13)
Valley News. “Grieving without self-reflection.” (Steve Nelson, 5/12/13)
Minnesota Daily. “The case for community.” (William Bornhoft, 5/11/13)
Washington Post. “How well do you know your neighbors?” (Peter Lovenheim, 5/10/13)
The Guardian. "Danielle Allen: Equity not equality." (Randeep Ramesh, 4/30/13)
Forbes. "Boston: Turns out civic responsibility isn't (completely) dead after all." (Raphael Bostic, 4/23/13)
New Statesman. "Where would you rather live: small-government Somalia or big-government Sweden?" (Mehdi Hasan, 4/23/13)
The Atlantic. "Relationships are more important than ambition." (Emily Esfahani Smith, 4/16/13)
Great Falls Tribune. "Doney: Active service clubs boost city's appeal to new businesses." (Peter Johnson, 4/7/13)
Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME). "Robert Putnam to keynote Conference on Cross-Sector Collaboration."
Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, MI). "Contributing wealth to community's social capital." (Bill Schroer, 3/30/13)
Deseret News. “The growth of interfaith activity since 9/11: Grassroots groups get personal about faith.” (Matthew Brown, 3/9/13)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. “Are Americans still bowling alone?” (2/28/13)
Washington Post. “The GOP revival must go beyond joining Twitter.” (Stuart Stevens, 2/24/13)
Spencer Daily Reporter (Spencer, IA). “The Social Science of Volunteering.” (Jane Nolan Goeken, 2/7/13)
Centre Daily Times (Centre Cty, PA). “Movie night in Penns Valley made better by togetherness.” (Walt Mills, 2/3/13)
Somerville Beat (Somerville, MA). “An online tool encourages offline connections.” (Elyse Andrews, 1/28/13)
PolicyMic. “What is Anonymous? Everything you ever wanted to know about the shadowy Internet group.” (Georgi Ivanov, 1/24/13)
Forbes. “Obama’s Inaugural Address and the Limits of Government.” (Howard Husock, 1/23/13)
A Slow Revival (blog). “From the Newsletter: Bowling Alone and Living as a United Church Family.” (Jonathan Chechile, 1/20/13)
American Thinker. “The ‘Diversity’ Movement: Defeating Itself, Destroying Society.” (Jay Haug, 1/20/13)
Herald Sun. “Together we can stem the violence and make streets safer.” (Robert Doyle, 1/18/13)
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY). “Civic groups, like churches, discover the value of planting new ones.” (Peter Smith, 1/8/13)
Jerusalem Post. “An Appeal to Voters.” (12/27/12)
Advisor & Source (Macomb Cty, MI). “Service club membership has declined since the 1940s.” (12/26/12)
TheAge.com.au (Australia). “In spite of the scandal, religious groups still lead the way on public good.” (Andrew West, 12/7/12)
City Journal. “Smart meters vs. social capital.” (Ashley Trim, 12/5/12)
Mobiledia. “Changing the Way We Make and Keep Friends.” (Sandy Fitzgerald, 11/28/12)
GOOD. “Stronger Social Bonds = Better Voter Turnout.” (David Mizner, 9/28/12)
Burgh Diaspora (blog). “Bowling Alone Urbanism.” (Jim Russell, 9/25/12)
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