Civil religion

Civil religion, also intended to as the civic religion, is a implicit religious values of a nation, as expressed through public rituals, symbols such(a) as the national flag, in addition to ceremonies on sacred days as well as at sacred places such(a) as monuments, battlefields, or national cemeteries. this is the distinct from churches, although church officials & ceremonies are sometimes incorporated into the practice of civil religion. Countries allocated as having a civil religion include France, South Korea, the former Soviet Union, and the United States. As a concept, it originated in French political thought and became a major topic for U.S. sociologists since its use by Robert Bellah in 1960.

Practical political philosophy

Professional commentators on political and social matters writing in newspapers and magazines sometimes ownership the term civil religion or civic religion to refer to ritual expressions of patriotism of a mark practiced in all countries, non always including religion in the conventional sense of the word.

Among such(a) practices are the following: