While reading Peggy Levitt\u2019s 2009 book on religion and immigration, God Needs No Passport, I was struck by her summary of the four prevailing attitudes towards religion. She describes the academic, well-meaning anti-religionist; the indifferent non-religious average Joe; the Christian exclusivist who fears local mosques and Hindu temples; and the religious relativist, with strong beliefs of his\/her own who nonetheless values all traditions as equally valid. It is clear how she feels about each. The first two need a dose of reality\u2014religion isn\u2019t going away anytime soon\u2014and the third needs to be hit over the head for their close-mindedness. The fourth, needless to say, is her ideal religious person, as it is for many thoughtful intellectuals. Robert Putnam and David Campbell\u2019s American Grace celebrates this trend in American life towards relativist religiosity. The message is that we should all be as religious as we want to be, as long as we accept others\u2019 religious preferences and inclinations as equally valid.<\/p>\n