Conventional wisdom Quote by Kurt Andersen

“Protestantism has been that it gave a self-righteous oomph to moneymaking and capitalism—hard work accrues to God’s glory, success looks like a sign of…

— Kurt Andersen

Protestantism came to America to make America Protestant. It was assumed that was to be done through faith in the reasonableness of the common…

— Stanley Hauerwas

America is the first great experiment in Protestant social formation. Protestantism in Europe always assumed and depended on the cultural habits that had been…

— Stanley Hauerwas

This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for…

— Walter Russell Mead

There is not one text reference to characteristic Protestant religious life in these books... The dominant theme is the denial of religion as an…

— Paul Vitz

If we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.

— Garry Kasparov

“We often understand the Protestant Reformation as a conflict about doctrine. Justification. Grace versus works. Ecclesiology. Indulgences. And it was. But what captured the…

— Tish Harrison Warren

“The establishment of Protestant Christianity was one not only of law, but also, and far more importantly, of culture. Christianity supplied the nation with…

— Gary DeMar

Protestantism developed its sense of identity primarily in response to external threats and criticisms rather than as a result of shared beliefs. In one…

— Anonymous

“Europeans had highly developed regional and national cultures and societies before they bolted on Protestantism. America, on the other hand, was half-created by Protestant…

— Kurt Andersen

“the history of Protestantism is very great. It presents like no other of Luther's writings the central thought of Christianity, the justification of the…

— Martin Luther

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

— H. L. Mencken