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

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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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Otros Autores: Corbett, Rosemary R. (Contribuidor), Edwards, Korie Little (Contribuidor), Farnsley, Arthur E. (Contribuidor), Goff, Philip (Contribuidor, Editor ), Gorski, Philip (Contribuidor), Haberski Jr., Raymond (Editor ), Haberski, Raymond (Contribuidor), Peña, Elaine A. (Contribuidor), Remillard, Arthur (Contribuidor), Silk, Mark (Contribuidor), Wall, Wendy L. (Contribuidor), Williams, Rhys H. (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Civil religion > United States > History > 21st century.
RELIGION / History.
American Way of Life.
American religion.
Black Feminist Thought.
Civic culture.
Civil Religion.
Civil War.
Community service.
Comparative study of civil religions.
Critical Race Theory.
Emma Lazurus.
Founding Fathers.
Generalized Protestantism.
Ideology.
Immigration.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Judeo-Christian.
Military sacrifice.
National borders.
Patriotism.
Plural civil religions.
Political Culture.
Politics and religion.
Politics of consensus.
Post-war America.
Protestantism.
Regionalism.
Religious nationalism.
Religious pluralism.
Robert Bellah.
Self-sacrifice.
Sports.
Standpoint theory.
Statue of Liberty.
Transnationalism.
U.S. Constitution.
Uncle Sam.
Violence.
Visual sociology.
War memorials.
Whiteness Studies.
civic republicanism.
liberal secularism.
prophetic religion.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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