Ryan, James Emmett (2009). Imaginary Friends: Representing Quakers in American Culture, 1650-1950 (անգլերեն). University of Wisconsin Press. էջեր 51. ISBN9780299231743. «Still operating at the margins of American religious discourse, Quaker civic moralism would see its legitimacy in the public sphere grow as increasing numbers of American citizens grew sympathetic with the Unionist and abolitionist causes.»
Welter, Brian (6 մայիսի 2011 թվական). «Philosophy professor finds both Christians, secularists lacking» (անգլերեն). Արխիվացված է օրիգինալից 2018 թ․ նոյեմբերի 18-ին. «In many essays, Taylor shows how this excessive moralism in both the Protestant and Catholic churches from the 17th century onward led to a "polite" Christian society where being polite was more important than being Christian.»
Welter, Brian (6 մայիսի 2011 թվական). «Philosophy professor finds both Christians, secularists lacking» (անգլերեն). Արխիվացված է օրիգինալից 2018 թ․ նոյեմբերի 18-ին. «In many essays, Taylor shows how this excessive moralism in both the Protestant and Catholic churches from the 17th century onward led to a "polite" Christian society where being polite was more important than being Christian.»
