Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith
By Robert Wuthnow
Published Jan. 27, 2016
Americans love polls, but are they accurate? In Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith, sociology professor Robert Wuthnow traces the history of polls, examines their powerful rise, and asks how polls and surveys affect how we regard religion today.
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