Bruce: Religion and Social Protest: Conclusion
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- Bruce: Religion and Social Protest: Conclusion
- The New Christian Right has failed because of the basic liberal and democratic values of most of American society.
- These Values include:
- Separation of Church and state
- Few believe in a "theocracy" (rule by religious leaders).
- According to numerous surveys most Americans are for legalising things that they personally find immoral.
- However, the New Christian Right believes the literal truth of the Bible and insists that everyone should be made to conform to its teaching.
- You cannot create a mature democracy with this belief.
- However, the New Christian Right believes the literal truth of the Bible and insists that everyone should be made to conform to its teaching.
- These Values include:
- New Christian Right in Comparison with the American Civil Rights Movement.
- To achieve success, the beliefs and demands of religiously motivated protest movements and pressure groups need to be consistent with those of wider society.
- Groups must connect with the mainstream beliefs about democracy and religious freedom.
- The New Christian Right has failed to do to this whereas The American Civil Rights movement has succeeded.
- To achieve success, the beliefs and demands of religiously motivated protest movements and pressure groups need to be consistent with those of wider society.
- The New Christian Right has failed because of the basic liberal and democratic values of most of American society.
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