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Faith and Reason or Expressing Faith and Being Reasonable
The trouble with religion, critics argue, is that it is not rational. Believing that God is powerful enough to raise somebody from the dead is not rational. Thinking that you can end a drought by praying for rain or that asking God nicely to divert a tornado from your neighborhood is similarly irrational. Criticisms arguing that religion is irrational have been voiced in recent years by writers such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris.
Better Democracy Through Disagreement?
Reviewed by D. Stephen Long Robert Wuthnow’s informative work is filled with insights about religions’ role in American democracy.
No Dumb Questions
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In Polls We Trust | Robert Wuthnow
One of the many claims of today’s polling industry is that it is the source of credible evidence about religion. It tells us week by week how many Americans regularly attend religious services, whether religion’s strength in our lives is holding its own or declining, and how often we pray. We learn how various denominations are faring, whether some parts of the country are more religious than others, and which kinds of religious beliefs are most appealing, and to whom.
The Duct Tape Solution
Conventional wisdom says that fear paralyzes people. And activists who preach about perils accuse Americans of being in denial. "Denial is not a river in Egypt," declared then-Senator Al Gore in his book Earth in the Balance, reviving a familiar line from Mark Twain.
Pride and fear in our small towns
A few days ago, a demolition crew put up a fence around the small Kansas high school I attended in the 1960s. Soon the building will be razed. The town is hemorrhaging people. Weeds grow on vacant lots. Nationwide, 40% of rural towns have lost population since 1980. I’ve spent the past decade studying people in rural communities. I’ve talked with farmers, teachers, factory workers, town managers, homemakers and retirees.
Othering Whites | The Weekly Standard
Now it can be told: In 1968, I was one of those who got “clean for Gene.” I cut my hair and put on a jacket and tie to campaign for Senator Eugene McCarthy in the Democratic primaries of that year. Those of us who did so understood without having to have the matter explained to us that we were likely to do more harm than good to the McCarthyite and thus the anti-Vietnam war cause if we presented ourselves to people in our natural, hippyish state.
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