Richard Madsen

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Richard Madsen is a distinguished Professor of Sociology at University of California, San Diego.

An Interview with Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell

from The Shifting Experience of Self, Volume 13, Number 1

When people’s personal friendship networks become more religiously diverse, that seems to make them more accepting of other faiths, but it also turns out that if you add friends within a congregation, more church friends, you actually become more civically engaged.