TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wuthnow,Robert
TI  - Inventing American religion: polls, surveys, and the tenuous quest for a nation's faith 
SN  - 9780190258917
AV  - BL2525 .I584 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Public opinion polls
KW  - United States
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; The survey movement --; Measuring belief --; Scientific studies --; Pollsters as pundits --; In polls we trust? --; Talking back --; Taking stock; 2; b
N2  - The time has come for serious questions to be asked about the polling industry's role in American religion. Understanding the place of polls and surveys in American religion requires stepping back in time, looking at how this method of seeking information began, and what happened to bring us to where we are today. 'Inventing American Religion' traces that history, examining the powerful rise of polling, and tackling the difficult questions of how we should think about polls and surveys in American religion today
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