‘Getting Religion’ Reflects on 50 Years of Faith in America


In the 1950s, only 1 to 2 percent of Americans had no religious preference according to Gallup Polls. Today it's 17 percent. 

Kenneth Woodward has had a front row seat on that transformation. He was Newsweek’s religion editor from 1964 until his retirement in 2002. During that time he wrote some 750 articles and interviewed everyone from Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell to the Berrigan Brothers, Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Dalai Lama.

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Woodward joins us to discuss his latest book, "Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama."    


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