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In the United States, this translates into hard-line stances on moral issues, such as opposition to abortion, LGBT rights, feminism, pornography, comprehensive sex education, and recreational drug use. Religious conservatives often assert that America is a Christian nation, calling for laws that enforce Christian morality.
This timeline of modern American conservatism lists important events, developments and occurrences that have affected conservatism in the United States. With the decline of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party after 1960, the movement is most closely associated with the Republican Party (GOP).
In the early 1950s, Dr. Russell Kirk defined the boundaries and resting grounds of conservatism. In his book The Conservative Mind (1953), Dr. Kirk wrote ten "truisms" [130] that became major concepts for conservatism philosophy.
Seeking a more positive definition, the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, defines conservatism as "the political philosophy that sovereignty resides in the person.
We Still Hold These Truths is the title of a 2009 non-fiction political history book by Dr. Matthew Spalding. Spalding was Director of American Studies at The Heritage Foundation . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He later became the Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government at Hillsdale College and the Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at ...
The Conservative Mind is a book by American conservative philosopher Russell Kirk. It was first published in 1953 as Kirk's doctoral dissertation and has since gone into seven editions, the later ones with the subtitle From Burke to Eliot. It traces the development of conservative thought in the Anglo-American tradition, giving special ...
A new book aims to explain why White liberals and White conservatives often disagree on what is considered "racist," or "sexist" and explains how both sides can better address these issues in society.
Empowering men and women doing this kind of work transforms communities and lives in a way no white paper or government program ever could.