The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion

Jason A. Edwards; Joseph M. Valenzano

doi:10.5771/9781498541497

Summary

The tie that binds all Americans, regardless of their demographic background, is faith in the American system of government. This faith manifests as a form of civil, or secular, religion with its own core documents, creeds, oaths, ceremonies, and even individuals. In The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion: Symbols, Sinners, and Saints, contributors seek to examine some of those core elements of American faith by exploring the proverbial saints, sinners and dominant symbols of the American system.

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Copyright year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-4148-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-4149-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 228
Product type: Edited Book

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
3. Introduction No access
Chapter One: The Exodus No access Pages 1 - 20
Chapter Two: “Glory in the Fight” No access Pages 21 - 40
Chapter Three: Civil Religion as Communal Democratic Sentiment No access Pages 41 - 54
Chapter Four: Lighting “Human Spirit-Lamps” No access Pages 55 - 76
Chapter Five: Billy Graham’s Cold War Rhetoric No access Pages 77 - 94
Chapter Six: In God (and Capitalism) We Trust No access Pages 95 - 110
Chapter Seven: Civil Religion as Christian Religion No access Pages 111 - 128
Chapter Eight: Sinners and Saints No access Pages 129 - 142
Chapter Nine: Civil Religion or Mere Religion? No access Pages 143 - 164
Chapter Ten: Discovering Self in the Absence of Privacy No access Pages 165 - 182
Chapter Eleven: Barack Obama and the Expansion of American Civil Religion No access Pages 183 - 198
Chapter Twelve: What Binds This Nation Together No access Pages 199 - 220
Index No access Pages 221 - 224
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 225 - 228