University of Notre Dame
Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and director of its Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy; co-author of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
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David E. Campbell
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FROM David E. Campbell
Which Way, L.A.?
Is America More Religious than Ever? The Gallup Poll says more than 90 percent of Americans believe in some kind of God, but more and more don't identify with any particular denomination. Maybe that's why there's increasing tolerance of one group for another. Religion can be a unifying force in America.
To the Point
Is America More Religious than Ever? The Gallup Poll says more than 90 percent of Americans believe in some kind of God, but more and more don't identify with any particular denomination. Maybe that's why there's increasing tolerance of one group for another. Religion can be a unifying force in America.
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