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protestant
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Even when religious groups set up their own parochial schools--to resist the steady pressure of Protestantization imposed in the public schools--they invariably laid heavy emphasis on patriotism, mastery of English, and the virtues of "Americanism.
November 2 simply provided further evidence of the Protestantization of what was formerly a rich and valuable Catholic counter-discourse in favor of justice in the fullest and most comprehensive sense of the word.
Wolfe identifies two social developments--preference for personalized faith (which has led to the Protestantization of most religions) and distrust of leadership and institutions--that have driven most of the changes in modern American religion.
 
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