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Lutherans never had a Puritan tradition. They did have their Pietists, who sometimes rejected such worldly pursuits, but only as an individual discipline, rather than a social mandate. A major conflict between Lutheranism and American Protestantism came with the Prohibition Movement, with Lutherans and Catholics being perhaps the only religious groups to strenuously oppose the banning of alcohol.
Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World
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