The British enlightenment, which emphasized social sentiments, was more accurate about who we are.
His first book, "A Theory of Moral Sentiments," was published more than 25 years before his celebrated "Wealth of Nations," which was itself peppered with trenchant moral analysis.
A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., found that the prevalence of anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiments was increasing in several European countries.
What was unusual about these sentiments was that they weren't mostly from Americans - although there were plenty of sceptics here, too.
The Declaration of Sentiments was read by Stanton at the Seneca Falls Convention on July 20 and was followed by the passage of 12 resolutions relating to women's rights.
This drive from below, further nourished by traditional anticlerical sentiments, was met from above by the eagerness of territorial and urban governments to utilize Lutheran ideas as legitimation for the extension of political control over the church.
