Religious in Form, Socialist in Content: Socialist Narratives and the Question of Civil Religion

Socialist narratives have a long history of being interpreted as religious in content and form. Scholars draw on concepts such as ‘political religion,’ ‘secular religion,’ and ‘civil religion’ to describe an alleged world-transcending quality of socialism. These concepts possess, however, normative...

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Main Author: Kirsch, Anja 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2017, Volume: 10, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 147-171
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Socialism / Ritual / Narrativity / Civil religion
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBB German language area
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Socialism civil religion narratology aesthetic response classification
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