The Progressive Tradition Series from the Center for American Progress

Three more papers in the Progressive Traditions series from the Center for American Progress. By John Halpin, William F. Schulz, Sarah Dreier, Conor P. Williams, Marta Cook The new Progressive Tradition Series from the Center for American Progress traces the development of progressivism as a social and political tradition stretching from the late 19th century reform efforts to the current day. The series is designed primarily for educational and leadership development purposes to help students and activists better understand the foundations of progressive thought and its relationship to politics and social movements. The following is the next three installments of this series: Part four, Universal Human Rights in Progressive Thought and Politics explores the origins of human rights principles in religious, philosophical, and political contexts; examinse the ongoing challenges progressives face in turning this inspirational vision into reality; and finally, discusses some of the contemporary debates about human rights from a domestic and international perspective. Part five, The Progressivism of America’s Founding explores the progressive nature of the Founding Era and explains how progressives came to combine the egalitarian and individual rights-based ideals of Thomas Jefferson with the national greatness tradition of Alexander Hamilton. Part six, The Role of Faith in the Progressive Movement seeks to explore the religious roots of progressivism in more detail, given the primary role that faith played in the development of the original progressive movement and in later civil rights and antiwar activism.

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