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Joseph Daniels on Religion and Trust

Tags: bonding trust, Bowling Alone, bridging trust, Catholics, Does, evangelicals, free trade, fundamentalists, immigration, liberal Protestants, Pentecostals, Robert Putnam, social capital, social trust

Prof. Joseph Daniels of Marquette University discusses why the two different kinds of social trust — “bridging” and “bonding” — are important for society and how religion matters in generating and maintaining this trust. It is noted that religious attendance significantly enhances social trust, although there are some denominational effects that temper this increase. We also discuss how different denominations view free trade and immigration.

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Louis Bolce on the Media and Anti-Fundamentalism

Tags: 1972 Democratic convention, Christian Right, Democrats, elite opinion, Fundamentalism, fundamentalists, God gap, media bias, New York Times, public opinion, religion and politics, Republicans, seculars, Seigal Report

Prof. Louis Bolce reveals how the news media view Christian fundamentalists and how that media image translates into elite opinion. Based upon extensive use of survey research, Prof. Bolce notes that even though there has been a growing “religious gap” in the American electorate (larger than the “gender gap”), media outlets did not pick up on this trend in a serious way until the 2004 presidential election. The coverage of fundamentalists and evangelicals at that time tended to reinforce stereotypes about this group among individuals who are most attentive to the news.

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