Civil Religion, the Theology of the Republic, and the Free Church Tradition

1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. T. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Religion ◽  
Free Church ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Church Tradition

Authority and Power in the Free Church Tradition

1972 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Arthur L. Frederick ◽  
Paul M. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Free Church ◽  
Church Tradition

Liberators for Colonial Anáhuac: A Rumination on North American Civil Religions

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi Jones Walker
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
North American ◽  
Civil Religion ◽  
American People ◽  
Divine Providence ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Special Instrument ◽  
Independence Movement ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Working Out

Behold here the motives of that mysterious likeness which give merit to a comparison with Jesus in the work the Supreme Author confided to [Hidalgo]: to save the American people, the continent of Anáhuac!So spoke Padre Antonio Jose Martinez in 1832 in praise of Miguel Hidalgo on the tenth anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Mexico. That same year, Francis Gray extolled George Washington, the hero of another independence movement. Washington was the “Special instrument of divine providence for working out our political salvation, the cloud by day and pillar of fire by night which led us out of bondage.” Two new North American nations attempted to create a national identity and a useable mythology, side by side, if independent of each other. In this essay, I present a North American view of what could loosely be called civil religion.

scholarly journals Civil Religion di Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Mochamad Parmudi
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Civil Religion ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
The People ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Real Picture ◽  
High Degree

Indonesia is a democracy. Therefore the government must encourage and guarantee freedom of speech, religion, opinion, an association for every citizen. The government must enforce the rule of law which the majority must respect the rights of minority groups and their citizens give each other equal opportunities to live together to get a decent life. The Republic of Indonesia is a unitary state with a high degree of plurality in the fields of religion, ethnicity, race, and class. To support religious life, the national and state community in a peaceful, healthy, prosperous and happy manner, civil religion is needed. This research is a phenomenological study focusing on analyzing the description and explanation of civil religion in Indonesia. A phenomenological approach is used in interpreting the "meaning" of data. With this method, it is expected to obtain interpretations about civil religion in Indonesia. The results of this study concluded that Pancasila could become a "civil religion in Indonesia", at least it had developed along with the will of the people who led, and placed Pancasila as a transcendental backing (civil religion). Pancasila with its five principles is a real picture of civil religion.

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