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Origin of term
Jean-Jacques Rousseau coined the term in chapter 8, book 4 of The Social Contract, to describe what he regarded as the moral and spiritual foundation essential for any modern society. For Rousseau, civil religion was intended simply as a form of social cement, helping to unify the state by providing it with sacred authority. In his book, Rousseau outlines the simple dogmas of the civil religion:- life to come,
- the reward of virtue and the punishment of vice, and
- the exclusion of religious intolerance. p. 30 p. 245 p. 29 Read full entry
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- 1.Civil religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- For Rousseau, civil religion was intended simply as a form of social cement, ... Civil religion is usually practiced by political leaders who are laypeople and ...
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ivil_religion
- 2.American civil religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- American civil religion is a term coined by sociologist Robert Bellah in 1967. ... Bellah's ideas about civil religion were not novel. ...
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merican_civil_religion
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Is there any religions that Many religions, esp in Asia,
practice arranged marriages
where the parents decide who
their sons and daughters will
marry. What about gay marriage
or civil partnerships where
these are legal in the world.
Would the same parents expect
to arrange their gay son or
lesbain daughter's relations,
or do they just leave them to
it?
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Speaking strictly hypothetically, of course, if such unions were socially acceptable, I'm sure that the parents would be just as involved. The general theory is that arranged marriages are meant to strengthen alliances between families, solidify business contracts or it is just simply believed that young people don't know how to chose a "good" partner (stable, employed, respectible, etc.) |
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How has American Civil By the time of the american
Civil War, to be American
meant to be Christian. The
bases of the American 'civil
religion' were, from the
outset, grounded in christian
theology, but circumstances
and events such as the Second
Great Awakening, slavery and
the national expansion to the
West converged to 're-invent'
the nation's civil religion,
contributing to a zealous,
evangelical spirit aimed at
individual redemption as well
as national identity.
How have these things in fact
effected the American civil
religion, how has it 'morphed'
in order to accommodate our
competing interets of
individualism, democracy and
the idea of the nation towards
the 19th century?
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the author of this question (i suspect it is not you the asker) has missed the point of our founding as a nation. we are not a nation of Christians, we are a nation of Americans who are free to chose their relegion (or none at all) as part of our founding documents. Nothing has "morphed" here just some folks have forgotten that things like "under god" in the pledge were added later (in this case only 60 some odd years ago) and are not part of the requirement to be a full-fedged American now or ever in our past. |
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What is the definition for I need a definition for Civil
Religion and two examples for
what it means. It is for my
homework and I am not really
sure what it means. All I know
is that it has to invole the
goverment and I THINK civil
rights. I am not sure about
the civil rights part.
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The intended meaning of the term civil religion often varies according to whether one is a sociologist of religion or a professional political commentator. The following discussion includes both perspectives followed by a brief history of the concept. You're Gonna have to "wikipedia" that one. Unless you're studying at university level in which case means you're screwed without current contact with you're lecturer - you're apparently unable to use that sight as a reliable or sufficient source of information once you hit degree level. |
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