Culture Wars Era - is it moving into its final phase?

[David Horn]

(02-26-2019, 04:11 PM)Tim Randal Walker Wrote: The Missionary Awakening followed the Civil War and the Gilded Age.  As I understand it, that 2T included a particularly strong emphasis on worldly affairs; and did not explore or trail blaze the spiritual to anywhere near the level as the Transcendental Awakening.

The Missionary Awakening wasn't entirely dead spiritually-the Missionaries were associated with traditional religion.

Your last sentence makes a good point.  The Missionaries DID focus on religion, but they defined as "doing good deeds" rather than "having an abiding faith".  They are the two poles of the religious life that pull at one another, with the "faith" group fully in command today.  Personally, I'll take the Salvation Army over the Southern Baptist Convention any day.  Simply believing is no justification for otherwise bad behavior, but the faith-community assumes it's the one and only ticket to heaven.  They're wrong!