RT Article
T1 Civil Religion or Public Theology?: On the Presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
JF The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
VO 7
IS 4
SP 43
OP 53
A1 Lejon, Kjell Olof Urban
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1840934921
AB Since the inauguration of the civil religion debate in the United States in 1967, it has been argued that the religious dimension of American presidency should be understood as a kind of civil religion, normally based upon the definition of Jean Jacque Rousseau or variations of his definition. However, in this article the author argues, based upon the empirical material presented in Public Papers of the President and elsewhere, that a more accurate description of the religious dimension of some modern presidencies is public theology. He uses the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush as case studies.
K1 Civil Religion
K1 George H. W. Bush
K1 Public Theology
K1 Robert N. Bellah
K1 Ronald Reagan
DO 10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v07i04/43-53