Progressivism rested on an idealistic faith unmatched by other movements

Evidence

In all American history, in fact, it would have been hard to find a better time. The young idealist entered public service in the very year in which there came to crest a movement—Progressivism—that was based, to an extent greater perhaps than any other nationally successful American political movement, on an idealistic belief in man’s capacity to better himself through the democratic process. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 250

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reform movements succeed by marrying their cause to prevailing religious currents — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 409; The Christian civilizing mission presupposed racial progressivism in principle — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 49

Broader Connections

• The Christian civilizing mission presupposed racial progressivism in principle #exemplifies (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 49
• Reform movements succeed by marrying their cause to prevailing religious currents #expands (0.75) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 409