http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-aboutfaith/article_1434.jsp Comments for "It takes a generation: the Puritan route to Enlightenment, Dave Belden " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-aboutfaith/article_1434.jsp The argument of Khoren Arisian that religious extremism poses a danger to American democracy is simplistic and ahistorical. The Puritan impact on American politics contains egalitarian vigour as well as intolerance, social conscience as well as theological dogma. Be patient, says Dave Belden: the descendants of today&#146;s fundamentalists will champion a new era of social liberalism.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-aboutfaith/article_1434.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-aboutfaith/article_1434.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-aboutfaith/article_1434.jsp#comment democracy &amp; power american power &amp; the world Creative Commons normal Dave Belden faith &amp; ideas the americas what about faith? what do we have faith in? Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0100 1434 at http://www.opendemocracy.net