American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion write by John D. Wilsey. This book was released on 2015-10-22. American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The idea of America's special place in history has been a guiding light for centuries. With thoughtful insight, John D. Wilsey traces the concept of exceptionalism, including its theological meaning and implications for civil religion. This careful history considers not only the abuses of the idea but how it can also point to constructive civil engagement and human flourishing.
Religion and American Exceptionalism
Religion and American Exceptionalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion and American Exceptionalism write by Dennis Hoover. This book was released on 2020-06-09. Religion and American Exceptionalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "American exceptionalism" was once a rather obscure and academic concept, but in the 2012 presidential election campaign the phrase attained unprecedented significance in political rhetoric. President Obama’s conservative critics—most notably Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney—accused the president of disbelieving in American exceptionalism and thereby offending the nation’s civil religion. This creed traditionally has included the notion that America is a political "new Israel" called by God and guided by His Providence to be the exemplar, vanguard, and champion of liberal democracy and the free market for all humanity. The newly politicized narrative of exceptionalism portrayed Obama as a president embarrassed by his own country and intent on remaking the United States in the image of the secularist and socialist countries of Europe. This book takes a step back from the partisan rhetorical bluster and examines afresh the historical and analytical meanings of American exceptionalism, and the extent to which religion—both "real" religion and the more ambiguous "civil" religion—has shaped these meanings and their uses/abuses. This book was published as a special issue of The Review of Faith and International Affairs.
Patriotism Black and White
Patriotism Black and White - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Patriotism Black and White write by Nichole Renée Phillips. This book was released on 2018. Patriotism Black and White available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. American civil religion unifies the nation's culture, regulates national emotions, and fosters a storied national identity. American civil religion celebrates the nation's founding documents, holidays, presidents, martyrs and, above all, those who died in its wars. Patriotism Black and White investigates the relationship between patriotism and civil religion in a politically populist community comprised of black and white evangelicals in rural Tennessee. By measuring the effort to remember national sacrifice, Patriotism Black and White probes deeply into how patriotism funds civil religion in light of two changes to America--the election of its first Black president and the initiation of a modern, religiously inspired war. Based on her four years of ethnographic research, Nichole Phillips discovers that both black and white evangelicals feel marginalized and isolated from the rest of the country. Bound by regional identity, both groups respond similarly to these drastic changes. Black and white constituents continue to express patriotism and embrace a robust national identity. Despite the commonality of being rural and southern, Phillips' study reveals that racial experiences are markers for distinguishable responses to radical social change. As Phillips shows, racial identity led to differing responses to the War on Terror and the Obama administration, and thus to a crisis in American national identity, opening the door to new nativistic and triumphalist interpretations of American exceptionalism. It is through this door that Phillips takes readers in Patriotism Black and White.
American Civil Religion
American Civil Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Civil Religion write by Peter Gardella. This book was released on 2014. American Civil Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Peter Gardella explores the monuments, texts, and images that embody the spirit of the United States.
Varieties of Civil Religion
Varieties of Civil Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Varieties of Civil Religion write by Robert N. Bellah. This book was released on 2013-11-01. Varieties of Civil Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In 1980, Varieties of Civil Religion was the latest statement in the field of civil religion pioneered by Robert Bellah. Over thirty years later, scholarly interest in the field continues to grow. By examining the force of religion in politics and society, this book offers a comparative treatment that deepens the understanding of American civil religion and provides a lens for exploring civil religion in other societies, particularly those of Italy, Mexico, and Japan. Bellah and Hammond trace the historical development of the peculiarly American brand of civil religion as they unravel its sometimes baffling intricacies. Themes include the conviction that America is a chosen country and American power in the world is identical with divine will. The book also examines the vigorous counterbalance that has opposed unjust wars or demanded racial and social justice. Altogether, the health of a civil religion may be a prime indication of the overall health of any society. The authors state that when civil religious symbols are co-opted by ultraconservatives, and the philosophy of liberalism seems less adequate as a guide for public or private lives, a revival of public philosophy is urgently needed. Varieties of Civil Religion supports such a revival by making the religious aspect of our central tradition understandable in a nonreactionary way. It also reaffirms that American civil religion, with its deeper tradition of openness, tolerance, and ethical commitment, can make an essential contribution to a ""global order of civility and justice."""
