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“God Talk” and Public Policy

Glenn Loury
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Glenn Loury

March 1, 1999

I am delighted to see this issue of the Brookings Review being devoted to the subject of religion in American public life. I say this not primarily because I am a believer, but because as a social scientist I now find it imperative to think seriously about the “God talk” we hear with increasing frequency these days and to consider what it might mean for formulating and executing public policy.