Civil Religion Today : : Religion and the American Nation in the Twenty-First Century /

Civil Religion Today : : Religion and the American Nation in the Twenty-First Century / / ed. by Philip Goff, Raymond Haberski Jr., Rhys H. Williams.

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Moves the discussion of American civil religion into the twenty-first century Civil Religion, a term made popular by sociologist Robert Bellah a little over fifty years ago, describes how people might share in a sacred sense of their nation. While hotly debated, the idea continues to enjoy wide appl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
MitwirkendeR:
Corbett, Rosemary R.,
Edwards, Korie Little,
Farnsley, Arthur E.,
Goff, Philip,
Gorski, Philip,
Haberski, Raymond,
Peña, Elaine A.,
Remillard, Arthur,
Silk, Mark,
Wall, Wendy L.,
Williams, Rhys H.,
HerausgeberIn:
Goff, Philip,
Haberski Jr., Raymond,
Williams, Rhys H.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 11 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Beyond Bellah
  • 1. The Past and Future of the American Civil Religion
  • 2. The Utilitarian Context of American Civil Religion
  • 3. Sacrifice, Service, and Civil Religion Now
  • 4. Regions and Civil Religion(s) in America
  • 5. Seeing Bellah’s Civil Religion through a Black Feminist Lens
  • 6. Civil Religion and the Problem of Origins
  • 7. Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, and Images of National Identity
  • 8. George Washington, Miguel Hidalgo, and Transnational Civil Religion at the U.S.- Mexico Border
  • 9. Civil Religion in Indianapolis
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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