America's Other Government Religion has reappeared as a factor in American political and social arenas. ... Why do we so frequently read about some aspect of the unlawful wedding of politics and religion? ... Violence toward private citizens, public property, and political enemies promoted by a political group to achieve or maintain supremacy. 3. ... In recent years we've seen a growing tendency by our political and religious leaders to invent a homogeneous past, a golden age of perfect consensus on values and morals. ... The American middle class had put God in the backs...

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The Second Great Awakening placed religion in the forefront of politics. Alexis de Tocqueville said that, "I found that Religion was the foremost of the political institutions of the United States.... Very few children continued schooling after the age of ten. ... Most high schools and colleges did not accept females or African Americans. ... " Public Education united the country as schools were now open to the poor, the middle class, and the rich. ...

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