Both Uses of
Protestant
in
Do You Speak American?
- Mexicans, he argues, do not assimilate and become truly American, because they do not embrace American values and ideals: they do not share the work ethic inherited from America's Anglo-Protestant culture; they do not have the same hunger for education; proportionately fewer go to college; fewer have incomes above $50,000 a year; fewer hold managerial positions.†
Chpt 5 *
- Objecting to Huntington's use of the term "Anglo-Protestant" to describe American culture, Brooks argues, "There are no significant differences between Mexican-American lifestyles and other American lifestyles.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
of or relating to any of the Western churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
The word Protestant is based on the word protest -- in reference to the protest against the Catholic church.
The most common protestant denominations include Baptists, Pentecostals, Anglicans, Methodists, Lutherans, and Presbyterians.
The most common protestant denominations include Baptists, Pentecostals, Anglicans, Methodists, Lutherans, and Presbyterians.