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Matthew Scherer on 9/11, the Financial Crisis, and Climate Change as Conversion Events (Full Screen)
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
October 16, 2012Barack Obama on Mitt Romney’s “47 Percent” Comment at the 2012 Second Presidential Debate
September 19, 2012
Mitt Romney on Promoting Economic Freedom in America
July 11, 2012
Mitt Romney on How a Strong Traditional Family Structure Will Solve America's Economic Inequalities
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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
April 3, 2012Mitt Romney on Teachers' Unions and Education
April 3, 2012
Barack Obama on the Economic Importance of Education for All in a Speech at the AP Luncheon
March 19, 2012
Rick Santorum on Education Policy from His Campaign Website
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SURVEYS ON AMERICAN VALUES
August 19, 2012The Top Nine Most Generous States Are Also Deeply Religious (Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2012)
May 18, 2012
Obama Leads Romney by 21 Percentage Points Among Millennial Voters (Gallup, 2012)
May 14, 2012
91% of Employers Think that Students Should Have 1-2 Internships Before Graduating, Yet 50% Haven’t Hired any Interns in the Past Six Months (Millennial Branding, 2012)
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RELATED RESOURCES: VALUES
Red and Blue Nation? Volume I: Characteristics and Causes of America’s Polarized Politics
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Red and Blue Nation? Volume II: Consequences and Correction of America’s Polarized Politics
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Catholic Attitudes on Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Comprehensive Portrait from Recent Research
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Religion and the Tea Party in the 2010 Election: An Analysis of the Third Biennial American Values Survey
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Social Trust and Value Change: The Decline of Social Capital in American Youth, 1976–1995
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Is faith the only sure foundation for values in personal and public life?
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Millennials Take on Faith in Public Life
April 8, 2012
Several millennial bloggers stood by the statement: “Faith is the only sure foundation for values in personal and public life”.
Dillon Tyler (UNC-Greensboro) on Faith and Values
April 2, 2012
To those viewing the trends progressing in America, nothing could be farther from the truth. While faith may be an evident factor in processing a moral code and helping dictate the rightful action in a rigorous situation, morality and hope inevitably holds truth in human nature and the ability to...
2 CommentsJustina Wong (Duke) on Faith and Values
April 2, 2012
I am a Christian. First and foremost, of my many personal and socially-assigned identities (woman/Asian/middle-class/heterosexual), I identify as Christian, because I love God, and my religion has played the biggest role shaping me - my ethics, my decisions, and even my social circles and...
Sierra Pirigyi (University of Nebraska-Omaha) on Faith and Values
March 30, 2012
I’m an atheist who does interfaith work. Although this may sound like an oxymoron, for over two years now I have worked for Project Interfaith, an Omaha, Nebraska-based non-profit that grows understanding, respect and relationships among people of all faiths, beliefs and cultures. In my work, I...
Jessica Jacobsen (UC San Diego) on Faith and Values
March 29, 2012
People have many different reasons for the ways in which they define their morals. While the reasons could include faith, faith is not the only justification. Just like with past generations of Americans, the Millennial Generation is diverse ethnically and culturally. Individuals find inspiration...
1 CommentJames Gahee (UC Berkeley) on Faith and Values
March 28, 2012
The importance of faith in the role of the lives of Americans has remained a big issue for some time now. It’s such a controversial and hot topic issue in which numerous arguments can be debated. The posed statement above states that “faith is the only sure foundation for values in personal and...
Anna Giles (Syracuse) on Faith and Values
March 28, 2012
For some, religion helps explain the unexplained. It represents a second chance and the feeling of belonging to an exclusive group. Religion has been prominent in society for as long as we can remember. Although it may be a huge component of one's personal life, it does not have a place in the...
Keegan Cisowski (University of Michigan) on Faith and Values
March 27, 2012
Faith is the only sure foundation for values in personal and public life. Social consciousness has grown exponentially throughout the world in the last century, with civil rights being granted and respect being given to women and minority groups that previous generations would have laughed at....
1 CommentJoshua Dickson (Harvard) on Faith and Values
March 27, 2012
America’s founders built this nation on the premise that everyone is created equal and deserving of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Its major and minor peccadilloes aside, since its inception America has represented the values of opportunity and hope; courage and perseverance;...
Corbin Beastrom (Monmouth College) on Faith and Values
March 26, 2012
Faith is not the only sure foundation for values in personal and public life; however, it is an excellent medium for achieving these ends and can harmoniously existence with agnostic or atheists perspectives. Since its conception in 1776 the United States has been a melting pot for immigrants...
Samantha Lin (Georgetown) on Faith and Values
March 22, 2012
At its base, faith means for one to be fully committed to an idea or set of ideals. When the phrase “person of faith” is used, it conjures up images of people standing on street corners fighting for your soul, images of slow marches led by peaceful and proud figures, images of solidarity and...
7 CommentsBrice Ezell (George Fox) on Faith and Values
March 21, 2012
Everyone in the world has faith. In the United States, where debates in the political and social realm often play out as battles between religious belief and secularism, “faith” is sometimes seen as something only the religious have. However, faith is a thing that everyone possesses in one form...
1 CommentEmily Atkinson (Smith) on Faith and Values
March 17, 2012
During presidential elections, the vague term ‘values’ tends to get tossed around a good deal. As an English major (we do have some practical skills!), I’ve been taught to carefully consider what such nebulous terms mean to the individuals who throw them around so casually, because it’s often a...
2 CommentsMatthew Breuer (Yale) on Faith and Values
March 17, 2012
Faith has long been part of the American political foundation – it pushed colonists to seek out our shores, Union soldiers to forge ahead when the war seemed turned against them, and it was the source of inspiration to our nation’s greatest civil rights leaders. But now, in the 21st century,...
1 CommentMariah Helgeson (George Washington University) on Faith and Values
March 17, 2012
“Always we are chasing words, and always words recede. But the greatest experiences are those for which we have no expression. To live only on that which we can say is to wallow in the dust, instead of digging up the soil. How shall we ignore the mystery, in which we are involved, to which we are...