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Civil religion: Robert N. Bellah defines civil religion as a set of shared beliefs, symbols, and rituals that unify a nation beyond traditional religion. It combines sacred elements with national identity, often using symbols like the flag or rituals like national holidays to foster cohesion and loyalty among citizens, transcending individual faiths. See also Religion, Religious belief, Society, Community, Symbols.
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Talcott Parsons on Civil Religion - Dictionary of Arguments

Habermas IV 429
Civil Religion/R. Bellah/Parsons/Habermas: the concept of civil religion as a civic religion is borrowed from Parsons R. Bellah: People of different beliefs can belong to the same, primarily secular, politically organized community.
Parsons: Then religion is part of privacy. Another aspect of secularization is that God's kingdom is being established on earth. The climax of this development was the founding of the American nation. Thereby, there was no radical break with religious tradition.(1)
>R. Bellah
, >Religion, >Religious Faith.

1. T. Parsons, Belief, Unbelief and Disbelief, in: T. Parsons, Action Theory and the Human Condition, NY 1978, S. 240.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

ParCh I
Ch. Parsons
Philosophy of Mathematics in the Twentieth Century: Selected Essays Cambridge 2014

ParTa I
T. Parsons
The Structure of Social Action, Vol. 1 1967

ParTe I
Ter. Parsons
Indeterminate Identity: Metaphysics and Semantics 2000

Ha I
J. Habermas
Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988

Ha III
Jürgen Habermas
Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981

Ha IV
Jürgen Habermas
Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981


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