American Civil Religion
An Empirical Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18971889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael C Thomas (0009-0008-1516-9702), Charles C Flippen, Charles Flippen (University of Maryland, College Park) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 218 |
| Publication date | 1972-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2576338 |
| OpenAlex | W4247621243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Much attention has been given in recent years to a consideration of civil religion in America. Robert Bellah, in a widely accepted statement, has attempted to define this civil religion. Until now, there has been no attempt to empirically investigate his thesis. This the present article attempts. The investigation involved a content analysis of the editorials of a nationwide sample of newspapers published during the July 4, 1970 (Honor America Day) weekend. It was felt this event would act as a stimulus eliciting spontaneously an expression of the elements of American civil religion. The major findings of this study are: first, few mentions of elements vital to the Bellah thesis occurred; second, on a percentage basis more mentions occurred in metropolitan dailies than in smaller newspapers
Archaeology · Civil rights · Honor · Media studies · Metropolitan area · Newspaper · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Religion and Society Interactions
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |