Aaron Q Weinstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 5915261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron Q Weinstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron Q |
| FAMILY NAME | Weinstein |
| SIGNATURE | WEINSTEIN A Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fairfield University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9301-5230 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Civil Religion and the Renewal of American Politics
Hyperpolarization, Distrust, and Civil Religions in America Today
The United States is religiously and politically polarized today, and faith in institutions has reached all-time lows. The persistence of these phenomena make it difficult to apply Robert Bellah’s highly normative and transhistorical conception of civil religion (i.e., “BCR”). This article proposes a process-based, value-neutral, temporally limited theory of civil religion. This “ACR 2.0” adopts broader approaches to religion and politics to capt…
Donald Trump: Pontifex Minimus of the Civil Religion of the Big Lie
The American president is the pontifex maximus of the American Civil Religion (ACR). While each U.S. president has their own ‘take’ on ACR, they all endorse democratic values and serve as national pastors. All until Donald J. Trump. This article argues that Donald Trump is the first pontifex minimus in American history: the first leader to self-consciously endorse an anti-democratic civil religion as president. After providing the necessary backg…
Occupy Wall Street’s Civil Religion of the Nones: A Theology of Consensus
Over the last thirty years religious and political polarization has not only created the Religious Right, but a Secular Left. These changes have had a profound and underappreciated influence upon civil religious life in the United States. This article lays out the case for distinguishing between two forms of civil religion: the traditional, pro-status quo (drawing on Puritan thought) and a critical, anti-establishment variant (which draws upon th…
Onward Townsend Soldiers: Moral Politics and Civil Religion in the Townsend Crusade
The Townsend Plan was more than a secular pension scheme—a $200 per month plan for retirees. This article analyzes the organization’s periodical, the Townsend National Weekly, to outline the religiopolitical dimensions of “Townsendism.” It first situates Townsendism in American political thought, showing how it drew heavily on “civil religious” symbols that tie the population metaphysically to the nation. Next, it explores how the plan manufactur…
Donald Trump: Pontifex Minimus of the Civil Religion of the Big Lie
The American president is the pontifex maximus of the American Civil Religion (ACR). While each U.S. president has their own ‘take’ on ACR, they all endorse democratic values and serve as national pastors. All until Donald J. Trump. This article argues that Donald Trump is the first pontifex minimus in American history: the first leader to self-consciously endorse an anti-democratic civil religion as president. After providing the necessary backg…
Onward Townsend Soldiers: Moral Politics and Civil Religion in the Townsend Crusade
The Townsend Plan was more than a secular pension scheme—a $200 per month plan for retirees. This article analyzes the organization’s periodical, the Townsend National Weekly, to outline the religiopolitical dimensions of “Townsendism.” It first situates Townsendism in American political thought, showing how it drew heavily on “civil religious” symbols that tie the population metaphysically to the nation. Next, it explores how the plan manufactur…
Occupy Wall Street’s Civil Religion of the Nones: A Theology of Consensus
Over the last thirty years religious and political polarization has not only created the Religious Right, but a Secular Left. These changes have had a profound and underappreciated influence upon civil religious life in the United States. This article lays out the case for distinguishing between two forms of civil religion: the traditional, pro-status quo (drawing on Puritan thought) and a critical, anti-establishment variant (which draws upon th…
Donald Trump: Pontifex Minimus of the Civil Religion of the Big Lie
The American president is the pontifex maximus of the American Civil Religion (ACR). While each U.S. president has their own ‘take’ on ACR, they all endorse democratic values and serve as national pastors. All until Donald J. Trump. This article argues that Donald Trump is the first pontifex minimus in American history: the first leader to self-consciously endorse an anti-democratic civil religion as president. After providing the necessary backg…
Civil Religion and the Renewal of American Politics
Hyperpolarization, Distrust, and Civil Religions in America Today
The United States is religiously and politically polarized today, and faith in institutions has reached all-time lows. The persistence of these phenomena make it difficult to apply Robert Bellah’s highly normative and transhistorical conception of civil religion (i.e., “BCR”). This article proposes a process-based, value-neutral, temporally limited theory of civil religion. This “ACR 2.0” adopts broader approaches to religion and politics to capt…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Religious Studies (2 works)