Civil Religion Today - 9781479809844

Civil Religion TodayReligion and the American Nation in the Twenty-First Century\nAuthor(s): Rhys H. Williams, Raymond Haberski Jr., Philip Goff\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479809844, 978-1479809844\nSynopsis\nMoves the discussion of American civil religion into the twenty-first century \n Civil Religion, a term made popular by sociologist Robert Bellah a little over fifty years ago, describes how people might share in a sacred sense of their nation. While hotly debated, the idea continues to enjoy wide application among academics and journalists. Bellah used civil religion to make sense of the turmoil of the 1960s, especially moral debates provoked by the Vietnam War. Now, a half-century later, American society is again riven by conflict over immigration, economic inequality, racial oppression, and \""culture wars\"" issues. Is Bellah's hopeful assessment still useful for understanding contemp.