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Quote of the Day: Harvard University Professor Robert Putnam

Ron Ribiat

(RNS) “Even with these recent changes the American religious commitments are incredibly stronger than in most other advanced countries in the world. The average American is slightly more religious than the average Iranian, so we are a very religious country even today.”

— Harvard University professor Robert Putman, interviewed by NPR’s Morning Edition’s “Losing Our Religion” series about the rising number of Americans with no religious affiliation.

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