Ralph Luker sends a link to the Chronicle of Philanthropy discussion that will take place today at noon, EST. The linked article, "Charity's Political Divide", is very much worth reading, as it quotes some critics whose names (Jim Wallis, Ralph Nader) will be familiar to most.
The book itself appears to be a souped-up version of Brooks' 2004 paper, "Faith, Secularism, and Charity", which found that both frequency of religious practice and intensity of political belief were predictors of charitable giving. If that's all he's found, the differences his book describes are probably just a side effect of the "God gap."
Posted by Ben Brumfield at November 28, 2006 05:47 AMOlvizl on the Echidne site lost his temper at Who Really Cares? a few days ago.
Posted by: Martha Bridegam at December 13, 2006 05:57 PM