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Since the mid-1970's [[liberal]] sociologists have struggled to explain the growing popularity of Conservative Christianity<ref>[http://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[http://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-1970's [[liberal]] sociologists have struggled to explain the growing popularity of Conservative Christianity<ref>[http://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[http://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 conservative values however.  The Conservative Quakers are a distinct group from other Quaker organizations and, despite their name, are not conservative in all their values.  While they maintain traditional views on marriage, they have no stated opinion on abortion and while not describing themselves as pacifist, 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 existence of authoritarian personalities within Conservative Christianity are often mockingly generalized by [[liberal]]s and [[liberal Christian]].  Such abusive authoritarian caricatures of Conservative Christians is easily countered by the example of [[Karol Wojtyła]], known to Roman Catholics as Pope John Paul II.

The label of conservative does not necessarily mean conservative values however.  The Conservative Quakers are a distinct group from other Quaker organizations and, despite their name, are not conservative in all their values.  While they maintain traditional views on marriage, they have no stated opinion on abortion and while not describing themselves as pacifist, 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>

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