Peter Gardella: American Civil Religion

Cover: 9780195300185 | American Civil Religion | What Americans Hold Sacred | Peter Gardella

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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.

Über den Autor

Peter Gardella is Professor of World Religions at Manhattanville College.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1. What Is American Civil Religion?

2. America: The Name, the Concept, and the Word

3. Jamestown and Its Anniversaries

4. The Mayflower Compact

5. Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims and the Indians

6. City on a Hill: From Jesus to Winthrop, Kennedy, and Reagan

7. The Freedom Trail and Boston Common

8. The Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and the Slave Quarters

9. The Flag

10. The Declaration of Independence

11. The Great Seal and the Dollar Bill

12. The Constitution

13. Washington, D.C.: The City, the Capitol, and the White House

14. The Star-Spangled Banner

15. The Washington Monument

16. The Battle Hymn of the Republic

17. Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address

18. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

19. Arlington National Cemetery

20. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

21. America the Beautiful

22. The Lincoln Memorial

23. Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills

24. God Bless America

25. This Land Is Your Land

26. The Four Freedoms

27. Iwo Jima: The Picture, the Monuments, and the Battle

28. Disney Parks

29. The Kennedy Inaugural

30. King's Speeches: The Mall (1963) and Memphis (1968)

31. Vietnam Veterans' Memorial

32. Transforming the National Mall

33. Ground Zero, Martyrdom, and Empire

34. Conflict, Consensus, and the Future

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Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Religion:	Christentum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780195300185
ISBN-10:	0195300181
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gardella, Peter
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 21 mm
Von/Mit:	Peter Gardella
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.01.2014
Gewicht:	0,582 kg