Tagged: Robert Putnam

Want a more tolerant, united world? Make some friends.

March 19, 2012 at 9:47 am

As those who have been reading this blog for a while may remember, I wrote a long series of blog posts last summer discussing the problem of unity in The United Methodist Church.  I think unity is a problem in the church, but I also think it’s a general problem in society.  How do we […]

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Why being young, liberal, and devout makes me weird

March 8, 2012 at 3:42 pm

Robert Putnam has convinced me I’m weird.  Of course, I have been convinced of this on any number of occasions for a whole host of reasons, but reading Robert Putnam and David Campbell’s book American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us has demonstrated to me that I represent a combination of religious, political, and […]

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Christian Community and the Kingdom of God

March 2, 2012 at 10:01 am

I’ve read two interesting books recently, Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness by Bryan P. Stone, and American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell.  I’d like to combine insights from both in today’s post. Putnam and Campbell’s book is about the state […]

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