began his remarks by quoting chesterton. i guess i can too. and that is chesterton also famously described america as a nation of the church and then that raises the question, which church? and the answer is that the unifying religion of america is americans. so the question is, how do you get to be a member in good standing with the american church and who decides and the boundaries of the american church. that essentially is the question that this wonderful survey probes. and, let me make five points in 10 minutes. the first , the united states is committed at its core to the idea of free exercise of religion and respect for diverse faith, but that commitment historically has been tested by successive waves of new religions, it either home-grown or coming to the united states through immigration that it tested the boundaries of a doctrine that was originally developed within protestantism. in the 19th 19th century conspicuously mormons and catholics and today muslims. our argument is that public attitudes towards muslims today to the extent

began his remarks by quoting chesterton. i guess i can too.ton also famously described america as a nation of the church and then that raises the question, which church? and the answer is that the unifying religion of america is americans. so the question is, how do you get to be a member in good standing with the american church and who decides and the boundaries of the american church. that essentially is the question that this wonderful survey probes. and, let me make five points in 10 minutes. the first , the united states is committed at its core to the idea of free exercise of religion and respect for diverse faith, but that commitment historically has been tested by successive waves of new religions, it either home-grown or coming to the united states through immigration that it tested the boundaries of a doctrine that was originally developed within protestantism. in the 19th 19th century conspicuously mormons and catholics and today muslims. our argument is that public attitudes towards muslims today to the extent that they encapsulat

began his remarks by quoting chesterton. i guess i can too. and that is chesterton also famously described america as a nation of the church and then that raises the question, which church? and the answer is that the unifying religion of america is americans. so the question is, how do you get to be a member in good standing with the american church and who decides and the boundaries of the american church. that essentially is the question that this wonderful survey probes. and, let me make five points in 10 minutes. the first , the united states is committed at its core to the idea of free exercise of religion and respect for diverse faith, but that commitment historically has been tested by successive waves of new religions, it either home-grown or coming to the united states through immigration that it tested the boundaries of a doctrine that was originally developed within protestantism. in the 19th 19th century conspicuously mormons and catholics and today muslims. our argument is that public attitudes towards muslims today to the extent