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Wuthnow, Robert.
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Public opinion polls -- United States.
United States -- Religion.
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Inventing American r...
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Inventing American religion : polls, surveys, and the tenuous quest for a nation's faith / Robert Wuthnow.
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Wuthnow, Robert.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2015.
Subjects
Public opinion polls -- United States.
United States -- Religion.
ISBN:
9780190258900 :
019025890X
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247 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
The survey movement -- Measuring belief -- Scientific studies -- Pollsters as pundits -- In polls we trust? -- Talking back -- Taking stock.
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"Today, a billion-dollar-a-year polling industry floods the media with information ... Polls tell us that 40 percent of Americans attend religious services each week. They show that African Americans are no more religious than white Americans, and that Jews are abandoning their religion in record numbers. According to leading sociologist Robert Wuthnow, none of that is correct. Pollsters say that attendance at religious services has been constant for decades. But during that time response rates in polls have plummeted, robotic 'push poll' calls have proliferated, and sampling has become more difficult. The accuracy of political polling can be known because elections actually happen. But there are no election results to show if the proportion of people who say they pray every day or attend services every week is correct. A large majority of the public doubts that polls can be trusted, and yet night after night on TV, polls experts sum up the nations habits to an eager audience of millions. Inventing American Religion offers a provocative new argument about the influence of polls in contemporary American society. Wuthnow contends that polls and surveys have shaped--and distorted--how religion is understood and portrayed in the media and also by religious leaders, practitioners, and scholars. He calls for a robust public discussion about American religion that extends well beyond the information provided by polls and surveys, and he suggests practical steps to facilitate such a discussion, including changes in how the results of polls and surveys are presented"--Provided by publisher.
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