Civil Religion Today: Religion and the American Nation in the Twenty-First Century
- ISBN-10
- 1479809853
- ISBN-13
- 9781479809851
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-10-26
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Authors
- Rhys H. Williams, Raymond Haberski Jr., Philip Goff
Description
"An important concept that scholars have used to help understand the relationship between religion and the American nation and polity has been "civil religion." A seminal article by Robert Bellah appeared just over fifty years ago. A multi-disciplinary array of scholars in this volume assess the concept's origins, history, and continued usefulness. In a period of great political polarization, considering whether there is hope for a unifying value and belief system seems more important than ever"--
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