American civil religion

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civil religion religion in the United States sociological concept

American civil religion is a set of shared, quasi-religious beliefs, symbols, and rituals that sacralize the nation and its institutions in the United States.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
American civil religion canonical 4
Civil Religion in America 2
"Civil Religion in America" 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil religion ⓘ
religion in the United States ⓘ
sociological concept ⓘ
articulatedBy Robert N. Bellah ⓘ
associatedWith American nationalism ⓘ
American patriotism ⓘ
United States politics ⓘ
surface form: American political culture
centralBelief America as a beacon of freedom ⓘ
America as a chosen nation ⓘ
America as a defender of democracy ⓘ
sacredness of individual rights ⓘ
sacredness of the Constitution ⓘ
centralRitual Independence Day celebrations ⓘ
Memorial Day ceremonies ⓘ
Pledge of Allegiance ⓘ
Presidential inauguration ⓘ
national anthem performance ⓘ
centralSymbol United States flag ⓘ
surface form: American flag

American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Declaration of Independence

Lincoln Memorial ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
Washington Monument ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizedFor blurring religion and politics ⓘ
national self-righteousness ⓘ
describedIn American civil religion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Civil Religion in America"
fieldOfStudy American studies ⓘ
political sociology ⓘ
sociology of religion ⓘ
hasComponent rituals ⓘ
shared beliefs ⓘ
symbols ⓘ
hasConcept American destiny ⓘ
civil sacred ⓘ
martyrdom of fallen soldiers ⓘ
national mission ⓘ
sacrifice for the nation ⓘ
hasDebate compatibility with religious pluralism ⓘ
relationship to church–state separation ⓘ
role in legitimizing U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
hasQuality quasi-religious ⓘ
influencedBy Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of civil religion ⓘ
Émile Durkheim ⓘ
linkedTo American exceptionalism ⓘ
American founding myths ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: Puritan covenant theology

civil millennialism ⓘ
publicationYear 1967 ⓘ
sacralizes American political institutions ⓘ
the American nation ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

In God We Trust → associatedWith → American civil religion ⓘ
American civil religion → describedIn → American civil religion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Civil Religion in America"
American nationalism → associatedWith → American civil religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. civil religion
Robert N. Bellah → notableWork → American civil religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil Religion in America
A Model of Christian Charity → influenced → American civil religion ⓘ
American exceptionalism → associatedWith → American civil religion ⓘ
American exceptionalism → relatedConcept → American civil religion ⓘ
The Broken Covenant → relatedWork → American civil religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil Religion in America