| − | The phrase "'''Culture War'''" has been used to describe the dramatic re-alignment that has recently taken place in [[United States|American]] politics. The observation is that on an increasing number of issues, from [[abortion]] to [[gun control]] to [[tax|taxes]], there are two definable poles in American politics defined not by their their nominal [[religion]]or even [[politics|political]] affiliation, but rather their [[iedeology|ideological]] world view. In his book, Culture Wars , [[James Davison Hunter]] describes this polarity as the impulse toward [[Progressivism]] and the impulse toward [[Orthodoxy]]. [http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/josman/culture/] | + | The phrase "'''Culture War'''" has been used to describe the dramatic re-alignment that has recently taken place in [[United States|American]] politics. The observation is that on an increasing number of issues, from [[abortion]] to [[gun control]] to [[tax|taxes]], there are two definable poles in American politics defined not by their their nominal [[religion]] or even [[politics|political]] affiliation, but rather their [[iedeology|ideological]] world view. In his book, Culture Wars , [[James Davison Hunter]] describes this polarity as the impulse toward [[Progressivism]] and the impulse toward [[Orthodoxy]]. [http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/josman/culture/] |