Americans Know More About Religion Than Almost

I Grew Up As A Fifth-generation Jew In The American South, At The Confluence Of Two Great Storytelling Traditions. After Graduating From Yale In The 1980s, I Moved To Japan. For Young Adventure Seekers Like Myself, The White-hot Japanese Miracle Held A Similar Appeal As Russia In 1920s Or Paris In The 1950s.

We No Longer Just Take Religious Identity From Our Parents, So What's Going On? Why Are People Going To This Series, Why Are People Reading So Many Books About Religion? It's Because They Want Answers. The Answers Are No Longer Just Passed Down From Generation To Generation. It's Harder For People. In Effect, You Have To Roll Up Your Sleeve And Ask The Questions. But If You Do It, If You Forge Your Own Identity, It Can Be Much More Personal And Much More Meaningful To You.

Tired Of Nagging Your Kids To Hurry Up, Get Dressed, Drink Their Milk And Brush Their Teeth? Here's A Radical Idea: Don't.

The Way To Tell A Really Big Story, I Think, Is To Tell A Really Small Story.

You Don't Need A Grand Plan, You Don't Need To Go Back To The Ancestors And Rewrite The Rules. You Just Need To Take Small Steps And Accumulate Small Wins.