One of the most dominant for civil religion is Jean-Jacques Rousseau, arguably the most influential political philosopher of the last three centuries and whom Bellah bases much of his findings on. Rousseau is viewed as almost a profit of the new religion and is placed here to spread its word. And of corse like any new emerging idea it's main antagonists are Christian followers who that see no connection the bible and the US at all...
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Rousseau is viewed as almost a profit of the new religion and is placed here to spread its word. And of corse like any new emerging idea it's main antagonists are Christian followers who that see no connection the bible and the US at all. The idea of Civil religion is enforced by the fact that throughout the history of the US every president has made some reference to God is speeches, in writings, even in their dedication to their own religion...
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