A Fourth Time of Trial: Towards an Implicit and Inclusive American Civil Religion

This article revisits Robert Bellah's conception of civil religion in America (using his methodology of deconstructing presidential addresses and other important political discourses), to posit that America is in the midst of a fourth time of trial, for which consensus on American identity and...

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Published in:Implicit religion
Main Author: McDonald, Jermaine M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2013]
In: Implicit religion
Further subjects:B OBAMA, Barack, 1961-
B RELIGION & state
B AMERICAN attitudes
B BELLAH, Robert Neelly, 1927-2013
B Civil Religion
B United States
B Tolerance
B Implicit Religion
B American Civil Religion
B Martin Luther King Jr
B Nonviolent Social Protest
B Muslim Americans
B Inclusiveness
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