This is kind of one of the points Jonathan Rauch made in his book "Cross Purposes"[0]. He talks about how the common zeitgeist went from being christian and con

This is kind of one of the points Jonathan Rauch made in his book "Cross Purposes"[0]. He talks about how the common zeitgeist went from being christian and conservative to being christian because you were a conservative and because of that people are treating politics with the same fervor that they would have treated religion in the past. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Purposes-Christianitys-Bargain-Democracy/dp/0300273541 https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Purposes-Christianitys-Bargain-...