state cult
C26485
concept
A state cult is a system of religious or quasi-religious practices, symbols, and rituals officially promoted or controlled by a government to legitimize its authority and unify the population.
Observed surface forms (2)
- religious-cultural classification of states ×1
- state-sponsored belief system ×1
Instances (10)
- cult of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
- cult of Ramesses II
- Cult of Reason via concept surface "state-sponsored belief system"
- Sol Invictus
- Eastern Orthodox countries via concept surface "religious-cultural classification of states"
- Roman imperial cult
- solar cult of Ra
- cult of Vesta
- cult of Venus Genetrix
- Divus Iulius