Notes

Preface

1. C. S. Lewis, “The Inner Ring,” Memorial Lecture, King’s College, University of London, 1944.

2. Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and Matthew E. Brashears, “Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades,” American Sociological Review 71, no. 3 (2006): 353–75.

3. “Relationships Boost Survival by 50 Percent,” Scientific American, July 28, 2010, www.scientificamerican.com/article/relationships-boost-survival.

4. “Nones on the Rise,” Pew Research on Religion and Public Life, October 9, 2012, www.pewforum.org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/.

5. Ibid.

6. DDB Needham Life Style Surveys, 1975–99, quoted in Robert Putnam, “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community,” Journal of Democracy ...

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