A Jewish America and a Protestant Civil Religion: Will Herberg, Robert Bellah, and Mid-Twentieth Century American Religion

This essay reads Will Herberg's Protestant-Catholic-Jew alongside Robert Bellah's “Civil Religion in America” to illuminate how mid-century thinkers constructed, rather than merely observed, a vision of, and for, American religion. Placing Herberg in direct conversation with Bellah illumin...

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Main Author: Stahl, Ronit Y. 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2015]
In: Religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 434-450
Further subjects:B Will Herberg
B Civil Religion
B Robert Bellah
B Protestant-Catholic-Jew
B Religion And Politics
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