When “Civil Religion” Becomes “Political Reli- gion”: The Special Case of Great Britain
Journal Title: Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 58, Issue 2
Abstract
Recently there has been a renewed interest in the study of ‘civil religion’ from a comparative perspective. Some literature developed around the concept tends to present civil religion as a universally applicable theory. This study agrees that the theory of civil religion is, in fact, a universally valid theory since every functioning society needs a type of religion or civil religion. The article further argues, however, that every society has its own unique set of local, ethnic, historical, socio-political, and religious characteristics that make it different from other societies in certain important respects. Therefore, any civil religion that emerges in one society may differ in form and content from other societies however much they may have in common. This article aims to prove this by analysing the special case of Great Britain.
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Kemal Ataman, Kitty Vaughan
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