The Political Takeover: Why Ideology, Not Faith, Drives the Culture War

The Liberal-Conservative Divide Is the True Engine of Polarization, Not Religious Affiliation

No term takes me back to my graduate school days like the “Culture War.” And for good reason: it was one of the biggest methodological debates in political science. Two camps emerged—one argued that polarization had completely infiltrated American society. It wasn’t just a phenomenon of the chattering class, but it was also clearly evident among rank an…