About the Author: Jim Kessler
Jim Kessler is Vice President for Policy at Third Way and Robert P. Jones is President of Public Religion Research
We live in a new era, marked by an aging and declining Christian right that is increasingly eclipsed by the Tea Party, a nascent but growing chorus of diverse progressive religious voices, and a broadening of political agendas among many people of faith. Maybe it's time to rethink our assumptions about religious Americans and public policy.