# The American model of [[democracy]] succeeded because it was founded on [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christianity]].<ref>[http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/cultural_apologetics/snyder-democracy1.html Calvinism and the Success of Liberal Democracy, by John Snyder]</ref> | # The American model of [[democracy]] succeeded because it was founded on [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christianity]].<ref>[http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/cultural_apologetics/snyder-democracy1.html Calvinism and the Success of Liberal Democracy, by John Snyder]</ref> |