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From Civil to Political Religion : the Intersection of Culture, Religion and Politics.

Prompted by the shattering of the bonds between religion and the political order brought about by the Enlightenment, Jean-Jacques Rousseau devised a "new" religion (civil religion) to be used by the state as a way of enforcing civic unity. Emile Durkheim, by contrast, conceived civil relig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cristi, Marcela, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Theoretical Foundations; Chapter 2 American Civil Religion and the American Debate; Chapter 3 The "Problem" of Legitimacy, Power, and Politics; Chapter 4 State-Directed Civil Religions in Comparative Perspective; Chapter 5 Chile, 1973-1989: A Case Study; Chapter 6 Civil Religion and the Spirit of Nationalism; Conclusion: Durkheim versus Rousseau Revisited; Notes; References; Index.