Most fundamental frame
It seems to me another way to express the Strict father -- nurturant parent dichotomy is:
Conservatives believe in the Ten Commandments. Progressives believe in the Golden Rule.
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Education
Conservatives believe in the Ten Commandments.
Obedience, rules to be obeyed.
Progressives believe in the Golden Rule.
Education, students need to understand the mother cultures of countries around the world in order to “Do unto others as they would have done unto themselves”. Do unto others as they would have done unto themselves, is an essential diplomatic skill for building world peace and trade. When a person understands you respect their mother culture they will listen to you. Mutual understanding for each other’s mother cultures opens the doors of peace and trade.
Fundamentally Liberal
I am a Christian and the quote below is the one I choose to live by. Pretty much I could throw out my Bible because Jesus himself says that this is the one that really counts. And it is a Progressive sentiment.
"And one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is the foremost of all?" Jesus answered, "The foremost is, Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. "The second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these." (NAS, Mark 12:28-31)"
I use this one a lot when other Christians start making judgements and assumptions that I disagree with. I also point out that humans wrote the Bible and that humans are fallible; not to mention that the Church most definitely had an agenda (called the ultimate Strict Father agenda). I also can (legitimately) claim that I am personally divinely inspired to spread around democracy, justice and truth and so I am just as qualified as whatever ancient church scribe to record my inspirations and spiritual haps.
not religion
- I think the most fundamental frame is similar to what you said, but it's not based on religion
- rather religion may be based on the frame. The frame is "do what I want! [or I'll smack you]", as opposed to "let's work together". You can see these two sides of the power/cooperation frame even in chimpanzees.
Religion is just another tool to try to advance one side or the other. "Do what I want or my father (friend, god, ally) will hit you" (my father owns this playground). "My mother says we are supposed to share". Not necessarily strictly father or mother, but that's the common role invoked.
When a group forms there will always be some who want to be in charge and boss people around, and others who want to work together. The motivations invoked are either "I'll smack you so you better do what I say" or "If we work together we can do and get more than if we are alone".
There are variations such as "do what I say becasue I'm smarter" or "I have the secret of fire", but really it all comes down to what the "social contract" -- the basis of forming a group -- is supposed to be, and that's based on positive or negative reinforcement and expectation. All the rest is commentary. ;)
Old vs New
The Strict Father gang is ruled by the Old Testaments' "Thou shalt nots".
The Nutrient Parent crowd follows the New Testaments' Greatest Commandment, "Love thy neighbor as thyself".


New! Two Models of Christianity
You may be interested in this section of George Lakoff's book Moral Politics, which you can read online:
http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research/lakoff/mp14
In the comparison section, he writes:
"In Strict Parent Christianity, God is a moral authority, and the role of human beings is to obey his strict commandments. The way you learn to obey is by being punished for not obeying and by developing the self-discipline to obey through self-denial.
In Nurturant Parent Christianity, God is a nurturer and the proper relationship to God is to accept his nurturance (grace) and follow Christ's example of how to act nurturantly to others. There are no strict rules; rather one must develop empathy and learn to act compassionately for the benefit of others, whatever that might require."
Evan