Samuel J. Abrams
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“Here’s Where Heaven Starts”: A Father, a Song, and a Moral Inheritance
There are no easy answers. There is, instead, a choice and the song names it plainly and directly: “The cross or the machine.”
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The love that lets us share a name
To share a name is to share that deeper story. It is to say: you are not alone. You are held. You belong. You are part of something that began before you and, God willing, will continue after you.
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Why many religious ‘nones’ are more open than they appear
New research suggests skepticism often softens when faith is encountered through service.
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Loneliness is not a mystery. We’ve known the cure for decades
America’s loneliness crisis is not a personal failure but the result of weakened families, faith communities, and civic institutions, and restoring participation is the real solution.
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Talking about Religion in a Secular Age: How Religious “Nones” Perceive the Value of Religion
This report examines an experimental survey that enlightens our understanding of religiously unaffiliated Americans (“nones”) and their perceptions of religion’s societal role.
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What our children can still teach us
Discover how embracing childlike wonder, curiosity, and humility can strengthen communities, heal polarization, and revive the civic habits that sustain a healthy society.
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The fragile joy of Sukkot and the renewal of Simchat Torah
Sukkot and Simchat Torah teach timeless lessons about gratitude, vulnerability, and renewal. Their rhythms of joy and humility offer a civic model for rebuilding trust, strengthening community, and sustaining hope in a fragile world.
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How Religion Strengthens Family Life in a Fragmented Age: Religion and the American Experiment, Volume 3
The evidence is overwhelming and cross-cultural: Religious families demonstrate stability, strong intergenerational bonds, positive economic outcomes, and desirable child development across diverse traditions and contexts.
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How Faith Communities Promote Societal Well-Being and Public Health: Religion and the American Experiment, Volume 2
Religious communities – synagogues, churches, mosques, temples – remain among the few enduring places where body, mind, and spirit are integrated into a coherent path of care and purpose.
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How Religious Schools Strengthen Our Republic: Religion and the American Experiment, Volume 1
Religious schools offer more than academic content. They cultivate character, belonging, and purpose. They prepare students to live in freedom by teaching the self restraint, mutual respect, and commitment to the common good that freedom requires.