Despite the United states commitment to freedom of religion, religion as still taken a large role in shaping America and continued to do so into the 20th century. During the 1960s and on in particular, the rise in social movements also sparked conservative evangelicals interests in fighting for their cause. The evangelicals did not want the values of the 60s being imposed on upon the people. They evangelicals thought that they were were under attack politically because a lot of the changes that were being imposed went against what they believed in and against what at been done leading up to the 60s. This argument by evangelicals and conservatives continued and in 1979 the Moral Majority organization was founded. This group was associated with the Christian Right and the Republican Party. Francis Shaffer argued for the moral majority that that life should be valued and that people need to get involved in politics. The moral majority was, however, met with the rationale for separation of church and state. Others who were not a part of the movement thought that others should not be able to oppose their values on other Americans and cut them out of society due to their different beliefs. However, even with these conflicting viewpoints, religion continues to still be a large part of shaping America today.
I really like how you outlines the connection between the various social movements and religion. You included really helpful facts about the evangelicals, and who they were and what they were campaigning for. I also like how you focused on the Moral Majority organization, which is very important in this movement
ReplyDeleteIt's very interesting to notice that today even those who don't attend church or call themselves religious, they still look to some supernatural power to help them in times of need. As you said religious is extremely prevalent in the United States today and it will probably continue to be.
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