Category Archives: Social Conservatism

Cultural Conservatism & Its Ignorance of the United States

Posted on July 16, 2011 by The Catholic Populist

The media (especially in Europe) has often made an ignorant mistake when covering social conservatives.  This mistake is egregious and often goes without any critique. They call social conservatives “cultural conservatives.” Is this concern merely semantic or seriously substantive? Although they can … Continue reading →

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The Great Ideologies: Social Conservatism

Posted on April 7, 2011 by The Catholic Populist

John Locke was often called the “Father of Liberalism” and can most properly be understood as the grandfather of “Social Conservatism.”  John Locke was a Calvinist and, like John Calvin himself and unlike Martin Luther, he believed in the Natural … Continue reading →

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