David Campbell and Robert Putnam: Islam and American Tolerance – WSJ.com

David Campbell and Robert Putnam: Islam and American Tolerance – WSJ.com.

Consider the experience of two groups that are perceived positively by Americans today: Jews and Catholics. Americans rate Jews and Catholics more warmly than they do mainline Protestants, historically America’s religious establishment, and evangelical Protestants, the single largest religious group in the country. At the end of the scale opposite Jews and Catholics are Muslims, Mormons and Buddhists.