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AngryAmish

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16. What we call Progressivism is the secular branch of reformed Protestantism
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 05:20 PM
Oct 2016

For example, belief in racial equality, sexual equality and economic equality arose from the Second Great Awakening.

This was very popular with the old line Protestant folks (Puritans) that dominate elite culture to this day. Harvard was founded to produce Puritan ministers...they still do.

So why the conflict? Not every church agreed with the Great Awakenings ((there have been about four).

The Redneck culture in the us comes from a Borderers who Cromwell sent to the US and Ulster. They do not hold the same opinions on many subjects as Puritans.

The increasing racial diversity does not help either.

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