American civil religion

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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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Prompt

Generate an image of American civil religion (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.)

All labels observed (4)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil religion ⓘ
religion in the United States ⓘ
sociological concept ⓘ
articulatedBy Robert N. Bellah ⓘ
associatedWith American nationalism ⓘ
American patriotism ⓘ
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 American flag ⓘ
linked to: United States flag

Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Lincoln Memorial ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
Washington Monument ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor blurring religion and politics ⓘ
national self-righteousness ⓘ
describedIn "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 ⓘ
Puritan covenant theology ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

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

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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 → "Civil Religion in America" ⓘ
linked to: American civil religion
American nationalism → associatedWith → U.S. civil religion ⓘ
linked to: American civil religion
Robert N. Bellah → notableWork → Civil Religion in America ⓘ
linked to: American civil religion
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 → Civil Religion in America ⓘ
linked to: American civil religion