What is a ‘cultural progressive’? Is that a good thing? What motivates them to be who they are and do what they do?

Those are some of the questions professors George Yancey and David Williamson answer in their book, What Motivates Cultural Progressives? Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right (Baylor University Press, 2012).

The authors were professors of Sociology at North Texas University when they wrote this book. Even though it was published eight years ago, the information and observations about cultural progressives are still helpful to us today.

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