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.

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

How these facts were elicited

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