American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred

The United States has never had an officially established national church. Since the time of the first...
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American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred by Gardella, Peter

American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred

$128.32

American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred

$128.32
Author: Peter Gardella
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The United States has never had an officially established national church. Since the time of the first British colonists, it has instead developed a strong civil religion that melds God and nation. In a deft exploration of American civil religious symbols-from the Liberty Bell to the Vietnam Memorial, from Mount Rushmore to Disney World-Peter Gardella explains how the places, objects, and words that Americans hold sacred came into being and how Americans' feelings about them have changed over time. In addition to examining revered historical sites and structures, he analyzes such sacred texts as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, the Kennedy Inaugural, and the speeches of Martin Luther King, and shows how five patriotic songs-"The Star-Spangled Banner," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "America the Beautiful," "God Bless America," and "This Land Is Your Land"-have been elevated into hymns.
Arguing that certain values-personal freedom, political democracy, world peace, and cultural tolerance-have held American civil religion together, Gardella chronicles the numerous forms those values have taken, from Jamestown and Plymouth to the September 11, 2001 Memorial in New York.


Author: Peter Gardella
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/18/2013
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780195300185


Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2014

About the Author

Peter Gardella is Professor of World Religions at Manhattanville College. His previous books are Innocent Ecstasy, on sex and religion in America; Domestic Religion, on American attitudes toward everyday life; and American Angels: Useful Spirits in the Material World. He is now working on The
World's Religions in New York City: A History and Guide and on Birds in the World's Religions (with Laurence Krute).



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