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***Alex Linder*** · August 30th, 2010

From Ann Douglas' The Feminization of American Culture (1977)

The everyday Protestant of 1800 subscribed to a rather complicated and rigidly defined body of dogma; attendance at a certain church had a markedly theological function. By 1875, American Protestants were much more likely to define their faith in terms of family morals, civic responsibility, and above all, in terms of the social function of churchgoing. The actual creed was usually a liberal, even a sentimental one for which [Jonathan] Edwards and his contemporaries [1700-1750] would have felt scorn and horror.

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*Alex Linder* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 45,756 Blog Entries: 34	Religious in the U.S.: Ann Douglas' book "The Feminization of American Culture" From Ann Douglas' The Feminization of American Culture (1977) The everyday Protestant of 1800 subscribed to a rather complicated and rigidly defined body of dogma; attendance at a certain church had a markedly theological function. By 1875, American Protestants were much more likely to define their faith in terms of family morals, civic responsibility, and above all, in terms of the social function of churchgoing. The actual creed was usually a liberal, even a sentimental one for which [Jonathan] Edwards and his contemporaries [1700-1750] would have felt scorn and horror.