From civil to political religion : the intersection of culture, religion and politics / Marcela Cristi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cristi, Marcela, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil religion.

Physical Description:

vi, 293 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Theoretical Foundations 15

One European Pedigree, Two Different Traditions 15

Rousseau on Civil Religion 17

Rousseau's Ideal Citizen 27

Durkheim on Civil Religion 30

Religion, Social Order, and the State 41

Chapter 2 American Civil Religion and the American Debate 47

The Rebirth of Civil Religion 48

Setting the Ground Rules 56

Civil Religion as a Source of Integration 69

Other Voices of Dissent 74

Civil Religion as a Source of Legitimation 79

Chapter 3 The "Problem" of Legitimacy, Power, and Politics 91

The Intellectual Roots of the Problem 92

Legitimacy in Sociological Theory 100

Religion and Legitimation Today 110

The Invisibility of Power 114

The Consensus Legacy and Its Problems 123

Civil Religion: Its Agents and Structural Support 129

Chapter 4 State-Directed Civil Religions in Comparative Perspective 135

Civil Religion as Political Religion 136

Sacred and Secular Civil Religions 142

From "Archaic" to "Modern" Civil Religions 147

Religion as a Society-Oriented Institution 156

Chapter 5 Chile, 1973-1989: A Case Study 165

Pinochet's Civil Religious Discourse 167

Pinochet's Civil Religion and the Catholic Church 174

Analysis of Pinochet's Civil Religion 177

Chilean Civil Religion in Comparative Perspective 180

Chapter 6 Civil Religion and the Spirit of Nationalism 187

Nationalism as a Civic Duty 188

Nationalism in the United States 200

The Structural Ambivalence of Civil Religion 211

Conclusion: Durkheim versus Rousseau Revisited 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0889203687 :

OCLC:

46857884