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Argues that, contrary to advocates of the culture war thesis, there is not a great deal of polarization in US culture at the group & ideology levels. Proposed is a multidimensional model that understands the cultural battleground as one cross-cut along two dimensions: modernism/traditionalism & libertarianism/communalism. In a case study of the cultural conflict among US Mennonites, it is shown that this conceptualization better maps the existing cultural space in the US than static one-dimensional models, because it includes a role for fringe groups to influence the mainstream & opens space for inner-group conflict. While evidence exists for an increased polarization in US culture, it is concluded that efforts on both the Left & the Right to theorize this conflict have been overly simplistic & thus more politically expedient than helpful in imagining ways to reduce this tension. 2 Figures, 39 References. D. M. Ryfe

Introduction -- Purity and protest : sectarianism and immigrant civic engagement -- Locating the moral authority of immigrant congregations -- The moral projects of immigrant congregations -- "Making it in America" : occupational and economic adaptation in immigrant congregations -- Religion, education, and civic tensions in immigrant congregations -- Marriage patterns in immigrant congregations : implications for social distance and group identity -- Language in immigrant congregations : religious and civic considerations -- Individual engagement : citizenship in immigrant religions -- Organizational engagement : the ecology of immigrant congregations -- When and how religion matters for immigrant civic engagement