Sometimes it seems like discussions in this country are taking place in two isolated camps. Every now and then, that suspicion seems like a certainty. As an example, I offer you Benjamin Friedman’s new book, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. Friedman, a Harvard economics professor, was faced with a seemingly incomprehensible phenomenon: “the puzzling behavior of many of our fellow citizens whose attitudes toward questions of economic policy seem sharply at odds with what would seem to be … [Read more...] about Is the Religious Right Really so Incomprehensible?
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