The Metrics of Faith: Rethinking Religion's Role in US Politics


"Addresses some of the most important issues in US politics—tolerance, polarization, political violence. Miles offers a fresh and hopeful take while building on a historical framework."
Brooklyn Walker, Hutchinson Community College

► Provides an original way to conceptualize and measure religiousness, with intriguing implications for the potential role of religion in supporting political tolerance and democratic values.


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We are launching a new series: Advances in Comparative and International Political Economy (series editor: Kathryn C. Ibata-Arens, De Paul University). The series is dedicated to publishing innovative research and enriching or challenging existing scholarship. We welcome book proposals for manuscripts that bring nuanced insights and evidence-based perspectives to contemporary debates. The first book in the series will be Madison Cartwright's Digital Copyright Wars: US Copyright in the Global Political Economy, from Betamax to ChatGPT. Please submit proposals to Moorea Corrigan at [email protected].

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Will JAG’s New Models Give Libraries and Publishers a Better Seat at the Federal Funding Table? Federal research funding is changing, with Congress considering a 15% cap on indirect costs—much lower than the usual 40–60% at major universities. In response, the Joint Associations Group (JAG)—a coalition of research and academic organizations—has proposed two FAIR (Fiscal Accountability in Research) models designed to make funding simpler, fairer, and more transparent.

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