(1/2) Are #Americans #Religious about #America ?
#ReligionForBreakfast #YouTube (8m45s)
#AmericanCivilReligion #CivilReligion
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#ShortSermon : #TLDW
This is the #introduction for a series of 5 short lessons about #Americanism as a form of civil religion.
He asks us to consider "what do we learn about American culture, behavior, and beliefs when we consider them through the lens of religion?"
(2/2) He uses the following 5-prong definition of #religion so that it can apply to #secular #government
"(1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in people by (3) formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and (4) clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the (5) moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic"
He then briefly explains how this is used to define #AmericanCivilReligion