Abstract
The aim of this essay is to shed light on the resurgence of conservative Protestantism in the current day. To do this, I review the enormous change Protestantism underwent between 1880 and 1920, two eflects of which were: a) breaking the link between mainline denominations and the exercise of power in American society, and b) a failure of nerve in foreign missions. Thus, although contemporary conservative Protestantism still sounds as if it is at war with modernism, in fact its quarrel (generally focused on "secular humanism") is with the diminished political role played by religion. This adversarial change helps explain the "politicization" of current-day conservative Protestantism.
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