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Conservative Christianity may refer to an opinion or advocacy position on certain political issues such as [[abortion]], [[homosexuality]], [[creationism]], science education, [[taxation]], [[affirmative action]], gun control, treatment of prisoners, [[immigration]], racial [[segregation]], [[public education]], [[global warming]], [[capital punishment]], and [[divorce]].   

Conservative Christianity may refer to an opinion or advocacy position on certain political issues such as [[abortion]], [[homosexuality]], [[creationism]], science education, [[taxation]], [[affirmative action]], gun control, treatment of prisoners, [[immigration]], racial [[segregation]], [[public education]], [[global warming]], [[capital punishment]], and [[divorce]].   

Since the mid-1970s [[liberal]] [[sociologists]] have struggled to explain the growing popularity of Conservative Christianity.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DJsA6SRr39sC ''Why Conservative Churches are Growing: A Study in Sociology of Religion''], Dean M. Kelley, Harper & Row, 1972 (reprinted 1986 with ISBN 0865542244)</ref><ref>Chapter 5 "The Popularity of the Christian Right" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=8yfIgQz3bL8C ''The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World''], Joseph B. Tamney, SUNY Press, 1992, ISBN 0791408213, 9780791408216, 178 pages</ref>  

Since the mid-1970s [[liberal]] [[sociology|sociologists]] have struggled to explain the growing popularity of Conservative Christianity.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DJsA6SRr39sC ''Why Conservative Churches are Growing: A Study in Sociology of Religion''], Dean M. Kelley, Harper & Row, 1972 (reprinted 1986 with ISBN 0865542244)</ref><ref>Chapter 5 "The Popularity of the Christian Right" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=8yfIgQz3bL8C ''The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World''], Joseph B. Tamney, SUNY Press, 1992, ISBN 0791408213, 9780791408216, 178 pages</ref>  

The label of "conservative" does not necessarily mean acceptance of all basic conservative values however. The designation is often applied to those who are more traditional than other members of the same faith family. There are, therefore, conservatives within liberal church bodies, and they may hold views that do not appear to be particularly conservative to outsiders. The Conservative [[Quakers]] are one example. They are a group distinct from other Quaker organizations and, despite their name, are not conservative in all their values.  While they maintain traditional Quaker views on [[marriage]], they have no stated opinion on abortion, and while not describing themselves as pacifist, they are against violence of all kinds, including the death penalty.  Their most liberal view is the traditional Quaker one of opposing all wars, claiming that there is no such thing as a [[just war]].<ref>[http://www.conservativefriend.org/edminsterwar.htm]</ref>

The label of "conservative" does not necessarily mean acceptance of all basic conservative values however. The designation is often applied to those who are more traditional than other members of the same faith family. There are, therefore, conservatives within liberal church bodies, and they may hold views that do not appear to be particularly conservative to outsiders. The Conservative [[Quakers]] are one example. They are a group distinct from other Quaker organizations and, despite their name, are not conservative in all their values.  While they maintain traditional Quaker views on [[marriage]], they have no stated opinion on abortion, and while not describing themselves as pacifist, they are against violence of all kinds, including the death penalty.  Their most liberal view is the traditional Quaker one of opposing all wars, claiming that there is no such thing as a [[just war]].<ref>[http://www.conservativefriend.org/edminsterwar.htm]</ref>