Always Quote by Stanley Hauerwas

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

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

“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

“THE BIG PIECE of secular conventional wisdom about Protestantism has been that it gave a self-righteous oomph to moneymaking and capitalism—hard work accrues to…

— Kurt Andersen

America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their religious beliefs…

— James Frey

Not only in America but in Germany, in France since the war, in Germany after the First World War, the Germany of Adenauer, these…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

— Margaret Thatcher

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

“Differences between Catholic and Protestant countries did not incite rivalries between European states, or cause the growing sense of national identity and, sometimes, isolationism…

— Fiona MacDonald

America was founded by religious people; devout people who came here because they wanted freedom of religion, It's what made America different from every…

— Rick Warren

“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 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