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==United States==

==United States==

Tensions between Christians and Jews were eased with the adoption of the theme of a common "Judeo-Christian identity.'' [[Fundamentalist]] Protestants for theological reasons have emerged as the strongest supporters of [[Israel]], which eased tensions somewhat between the Jewish community and Fundamentalists.

Tensions between Christians and Jews were eased with the adoption of the theme of a common "Judeo-Christian identity." [[Fundamentalist]] Protestants for theological reasons have emerged as the strongest supporters of [[Israel]], which eased tensions somewhat between the Jewish community and Fundamentalists.

In 1989, Christian conservatives attempted to reframe the debate over the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and federal funding for the arts from waste to immorality by attacking grants for 'anti-Christian' and 'homoerotic' art.  The Rev. Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association initiated the campaign against "Piss Christ and the NEA, warning that "the bias and bigotry against Christians, which has dominated television and movies for the last decade or more, has now moved over to the art museums". The Christian Coalition placed a full-page ad in the ''Washington Post'' warning Congress that taxpayers would punish them for "wasting their hard-earned money to promote sodomy, child pornography, and attacks on Jesus Christ. [[Patrick Buchanan]] warned that "America's art and culture are, more and more, openly anti-Christian, anti-American, nihilistic," and called for conservatives to lead "a cultural revolution". in a 1992 campaign commercial, Buchanan blamed the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration for funding "so-called art that has glorified homosexuality, exploited children and perverted the image of Jesus Christ".<ref> Richard Bolton, ed. ''Culture Wars: Documents from the Recent Controversies in the Arts'' (1992)</REF>

In 1989, Christian conservatives attempted to reframe the debate over the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and federal funding for the arts from waste to immorality by attacking grants for 'anti-Christian' and 'homoerotic' art.  The Rev. Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association initiated the campaign against "Piss Christ" and the NEA, warning that "the bias and bigotry against Christians, which has dominated television and movies for the last decade or more, has now moved over to the art museums". The Christian Coalition placed a full-page ad in the ''Washington Post'' warning Congress that taxpayers would punish them for "wasting their hard-earned money to promote sodomy, child pornography, and attacks on Jesus Christ". [[Patrick Buchanan]] warned that "America's art and culture are, more and more, openly anti-Christian, anti-American, nihilistic," and called for conservatives to lead "a cultural revolution". In a 1992 campaign commercial, Buchanan blamed the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration for funding "so-called art that has glorified homosexuality, exploited children and perverted the image of Jesus Christ".<ref> Richard Bolton, ed. ''Culture Wars: Documents from the Recent Controversies in the Arts'' (1992)</REF>

===Secularism===

===Secularism===

Stressing their interpretation of the [[Separation of church and state]], secularists have fought court battles to remove prayer from public schools, deny the nation's Christian heritage and outlaw the display of the [[Ten Commandments]] in courts of law, and even replace the term "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Holidays," to the chagrin of [[Bill O'Reilly]].  

Stressing their interpretation of the [[Separation of church and state]], secularists have fought court battles to remove prayer from public schools, deny the nation's Christian heritage and outlaw the display of the [[Ten Commandments]] in courts of law, and even replace the term "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Holidays," to the chagrin of [[Bill O'Reilly]].

 

==Britain==

==Britain==

In 19th century Britain the proportion of prominent people who maintained an anti-Christian materialist atheism was negligible, and a significant number of those who did embrace it were unsatisfied and returned to their religious beliefs. There was a a significant pattern among Victorian popular radicals: the regaining of their Christian faith. Arguments from design, the a priori ontological argument, and the ability of Christianity to offer a secure foundation for morality persuaded Victorian secularists to convert.<ref> Timothy  Larsen, "The Regaining of Faith: Reconversions among Popular Radicals in Mid-victorian England," ''Church History'' 2001 70(3): 527-543</ref>

In 19th century Britain the proportion of prominent people who maintained an anti-Christian materialist atheism was negligible, and a significant number of those who did embrace it were unsatisfied and returned to their religious beliefs. There was a a significant pattern among Victorian popular radicals: the regaining of their Christian faith. Arguments from design, the a priori ontological argument, and the ability of Christianity to offer a secure foundation for morality persuaded Victorian secularists to convert.<ref> Timothy  Larsen, "The Regaining of Faith: Reconversions among Popular Radicals in Mid-victorian England," ''Church History'' 2001 70(3): 527-543</ref>