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  • The young are the most Calvinistic: Trouw

    04/29/2009 3:00:47 PM PDT · by Alex Murphy · 61 replies · 1,072+ views
    DutchNews.nl ^ | 29 April 2009
    Dutch people in their 20s are more likely to have a Calvinistic approach to life than any other age group, according to research by Trouw. Calvinism, named after the French religious reformer John Calvin, is associated with a sober, hardworking approach to life and stresses the rule of God in all things. Young people are more conservative than older people, they are more orthodox in their approach to religion and voted for the Calvinist CDA party at the last election, researcher Joke van Saane of Amsterdam's VU university told the paper. 'It is back to basics. Young people feel the...