David Edward Campbell (born 1971) is a Canadian political scientist and is Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy.

Early life and education

Born November 29, 1971, Campbell was born and raised in the Canadian city of Medicine Hat, Alberta. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brigham Young University and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in political science from Harvard University. His doctoral advisors were Robert D. Putnam and

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. Campbell is married with two children.

Politics and religion

Campbell writes extensively about politics, religion, Mormonism, and civic engagement and is often quoted in the media on these topics. He has co-authored the books ''Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics'' with Geoffrey C. Layman and

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; ''American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us'' with Robert D. Putnam; and ''Seeking the Promised Land'' ''Mormons and American Politics'' with

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and

. He is also the author of ''Why We Vote: How Communities Shape our Civic Lives''. Campbell has written about how the rise of secularism in the United States is a direct consequence of a backlash against the close ties between the religious right and the

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. As he summarized his research in an interview, "I would say to churches, on both the left and the right, that if you want to bring people back to the pews, you want to stay out of politics."

Books

* ''Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics'' (with

and Geoffrey C. Layman) Cambridge University Press, December 2020. * ''Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics'' (with John C. Green and

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) Cambridge University Press, 2014. * ''American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us'' (with Robert D. Putnam) Simon & Schuster, 2010. :: 2011 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award * ''Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life'' Princeton University Press, 2008. Edited volumes: * ''Making Civics Count: Citizenship Education for a New Generation'' (with Meira Levinson, and

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) Harvard Education Press, 2012. * ''A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election'' Brookings Institution Press, 2007. * ''Charters, Vouchers, and Public Education'' (with

) Brookings Institution Press, 2001.

References

External links

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Notre Dame university profile

Mormonism and Politics: Historical and Contemporary Issues

American Grace official website
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