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movement that opposesmodernism .
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Examples
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It's not so much antimodernism or the distrust of the intellectual elites that Richard Hofstader teased out of the national DNA, although both of these things are part of it.
Lance Mannion: 2010
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They had taken notice of the anti-Americanism and the antimodernism of his regime.
Egypt's 'Heroes With No Names' Fouad Ajami 2011
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It's not so much antimodernism or the distrust of the intellectual elites that Richard Hofstader teased out of the national DNA, although both of these things are part of it.
Idiot America 2010
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It's not so much antimodernism or the distrust of the intellectual elites that Richard Hofstader teased out of the national DNA, although both of these things are part of it.
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John Wilkins discusses the threat of antimodernism, a follow up to an earlier post about religion vs. science.
The Top 100 Intellectuals Meme James F. McGrath 2008
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John Wilkins discusses the threat of antimodernism, a follow up to an earlier post about religion vs. science.
Archive 2008-04-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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Although he might not agree with my use of the term "Crackpot Christians," Kevin Phillips is certainly correct when he claims that "the radical side of U.S. religion has embraced cultural antimodernism, war hawkishness, Armageddon prophecy, and in the case of conservative fundamentalists, a demand for government by literal biblical interpretation."
Crackpot Christianity and America's Current Moral Degeneration 2006
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We may be less enthralled by magical thinking than they are, but there are smart people working hard to turn the Roman Catholic Church into a bastion of creationism and antimodernism.
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It's not so much antimodernism or the distrust of intellectual elites that Richard Hofstadter deftly teased out of the national DNA forty years ago.
encomiums, interviews, and phil jlundberg 2005
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Although he might not agree with my use of the term "Crackpot Christians," Kevin Phillips is certainly correct when he claims that "the radical side of U.S. religion has embraced cultural antimodernism, war hawkishness, Armageddon prophecy, and in the case of conservative fundamentalists, a demand for government by literal biblical interpretation."
Propeller Most Popular Stories Eagle_Eye 2010
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