David Campbell
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Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy
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The Hill
Does God exist? Only half of Americans say a definite yes
May 22, 2023
But the rise in nonreligious Americans is too steep to be fully explained “in terms of generational replacement; that is, religious old people dying and secular young people taking their place,” said David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame. Campbell and other scholars suspect many Americans are simply becoming more open about rejecting religion, an admission once clouded in stigma.
OSV News
Survey reveals majority of Americans 'seldom' or 'never' attend religious services
May 19, 2023
"One of the meta trends in the American religious landscape over the last 20 — even 30 — years has been the precipitous decline in religious affiliation and a decline in other indications of religiosity," said David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
The Washington Post
The conservative campaign to rewrite child labor laws
May 01, 2023
“The reason these rather unpopular policies succeed is because they come in under the radar screen,” said David Campbell, professor of American democracy at the University of Notre Dame.
The Hill
Churchgoing and belief in God stand at historic lows, despite a megachurch surge
December 21, 2022
“Somebody who has no religious affiliation, they may well value religion,” said David Campbell, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
Science
U.S. teacher-training program boosts voting among young adults
July 11, 2022
“It’s a significant finding,” says David Campbell, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame who was not involved in the research. “And its rigor also sets a high standard for future studies.”
Catholic News Service
Do findings of two new polls show the path where America is headed?
July 10, 2022
David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, had a distinctly different take on the question. Campbell is co-author of both “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us” and “Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics.”
The Washington Post
American secularism is growing — and growing more complicated
January 14, 2022
“Secularism is at the very heart of the battles for the soul of the Democratic Party,” write the authors, political scientists John C. Green of the University of Akron and David E. Campbell and Geoffrey C. Layman, both of the University of Notre Dame.
Religion News Service
Poll: America growing more secular by the year
December 14, 2021
“This is at least in part a reaction to the political environment,” said David Campbell, professor of American democracy at the University of Notre Dame who has written about American secularization.
Religion News Service
For US Mormons, religiosity has declined over time, study shows
November 23, 2021
As political scientist David Campbell of the University of Notre Dame has analyzed the Congressional Election Study, the trend line for Mormons shows some decline compared with two other minority religions over the same period.
U.S. News & World Report
Biden Meets Pope Francis Amid Rift With U.S. Bishops
October 28, 2021
"There didn't seem to be a Catholic boost for him nationwide," despite the fact that Biden was poised to become only the second Catholic president in history, says David E. Campbell, a political science professor at Notre Dame University.
The Washington Post
Biden to meet with Pope Francis to discuss coronavirus, climate change, caring for poor
October 14, 2021
David Campbell, a political science professor at University of Notre Dame, said the country has come a long way from its first Catholic president, John F. Kennedy, who had to convince Protestants of his independence from the Catholic Church.
USA Today
Harvard's atheist chaplain: It's another sign of America's growing secularism
September 19, 2021
David Campbell and Geoffrey Layman are professors at the University of Notre Dame; John Green is an emeritus professor at the University of Akron.
Religion News Service
LDS outreach to immigrants grows, pushing church members to examine GOP ties
July 15, 2021
David Campbell is a political scientist who teaches at the University of Notre Dame and is co-author, along with Monson and University of Akron political scientist John C. Green, of the 2014 book “Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics.”
Associated Press
US Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Biden
June 18, 2021
David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, said the bishops’ vote “reflects the fact that the same fault lines dividing all American voters also divide American Catholics — and Catholic leaders.”
The Hill
Abortion fight puts renewed focus on Biden's Catholicism
May 26, 2021
“The fact of the matter is that Biden’s position reflects where most American Catholics are,” said David Campbell, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and author of the new book “Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics.”
National Catholic Reporter
Support of Trump within church has driven some Catholics to the exits
April 29, 2021
Gabbatt quotes David Campbell, chair of the department of political science at the University of Notre Dame: "Many Americans — especially young people — see religion as bound up with political conservatism, and the Republican party specifically," Campbell said.
The New York Times
What Teenagers Have Learned From a Tumultuous Time in Politics
April 22, 2021
Other research has also found that for some young people who were disappointed by the Trump presidency, it awakened their interest in political involvement, according to David Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht, both political scientists at Notre Dame.
The Guardian
'Allergic reaction to US religious right' fueling decline of religion, experts say
April 05, 2021
David Campbell, professor and chair of the University of Notre Dame’s political science department and co-author of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, said a reason for the decline among those groups is political – an “allergic reaction to the religious right”.
The Daily Beast
The Evangelicals’ Trump Obsession Has Tarnished Christianity
March 21, 2021
According to political scientists David E. Campbell and Geoffrey C. Layman of the University of Notre Dame and John C. Green of the University of Akron, authors of Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics, this corruption is happening already.
Religion News Service
“Allergic to religion”: Conservative politics can push people out of the pews, new study shows
March 12, 2021
In Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics, political scientists David E. Campbell and Geoffrey C. Layman of the University of Notre Dame and John C. Green of the University of Akron argue that the US’s secular population is larger and more diverse than previously acknowledged — and that a big part of what’s driving secularity is actually religious people’s political behavior.
The New York Times
‘The Capitol Insurrection Was as Christian Nationalist as It Gets.’
January 28, 2021
David Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame, further elaborates on Jones’s argument, writing in a June 2020 article, “The Perils of Politicized Religion, that...