Perspectives on Civil Religion

Volume 3

Bibliographic Data

ID19936159
AuthorsGerald Parsons (corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages302
Publication date2017-10-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePerspectives on Civil Religion (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315191003
OpenAlexW406228029
Open LibraryOL53987358M
ISBN9781315191003
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This title was first published in 2002: Perspectives on Civil Religion introduces the concept of civil religion, examines the use of the concept in recent scholarship and investigates examples of civil religion in the contemporary world. The book sets out to explore tensions and complexities in the relationship between the 'sacred' and the 'secular', and draws on two major case studies for in-depth illustration of key issues. It looks first at the development of rituals of remembrance from the American civil war, British and American responses to the two world wars and the controversial Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. It then considers civil religion in the Italian city of Siena, especially in relation to the Palio of Siena and Sienese devotion to the Virgin. The five textbooks and Reader that make up the Religion Today Open University/Ashgate series are: From Sacred Text to Internet; Religion and Social Transformations; Perspectives on Civil Religion; Global Religious Movements in Regional Context; Belief Beyond Boundaries; Religion Today: A Reader

Political science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Civil society · Religion

Tools

Open DOI