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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 [[ideology|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 polarization 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, commonly refered to as the ''left'' or ''liberal'' position and  ''right'' or ''conservative'' position. Alignment to the positions is typically defined by world-view - it is rare for an organisation to adopt the liberal position on one issue and the conservative on another. It 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/]

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