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Die vorliegende Arbeit setzt sich mit der Beziehung von Zivilreligion und Politik in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika auseinander. Ausgehend von Robert Bellahs Prämisse von Amerikanischer Zivilreligion, aus dem Jahre 1967, wird festgestellt, dass es sich bei dem Zivilreligions-Konzept um ein modifizierbares Konzept handelt, welches Politiker und Politikerinnen, insbesondere Präsidenten und Präsidentinnen, innerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ihren Zwecken, sowie der Zeit entsprechend transformieren können. Der Feststellung liegt, neben einer Untersuchung der Ursprünge von Zivilreligion in Bezug auf Amerika, sowie der Erforschung thematischer Übereinstimmungen in der Theoriedebatte über den Zivilreligions-Begriff im Kontext US-Amerikanischer Politik, eine Analyse von Offenbarungen zivilreligiöser Form in der politisch-religiösen Rhetorik der Präsidenten George W. Bush und Barack Obama zu Grunde. Anhand eine Untersuchung dieser Offenbarungen, sowie einer Erforschung der Aspekte von Zivilreligion, welche in der US-Amerikanischen Öffentlichkeit zu tragen kommen, wird gezeigt, dass Zivilreligion tatsächlich ein wandelbares Konzept ist, welches als religiöse Dimension in der Politik der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika auftritt und sich über die Jahre bereits mehrmals gewandelt hat und im einundzwanzigsten Jahrhundert abermals eine Veränderung erfährt. Zusätzlich dazu, kommt die Arbeit, sowie jene Gelehrte, die sich mit dem Konzept von Zivilreligion auseinander gesetzt haben und ihm Rahmen dieser Arbeit erwähnt wurden, wie u.a. Robert Bellah, zu dem Schluss, dass es sich bei Zivilreligion um einen der US-Amerikanischen Gesellschaft zu Grunde liegenden Glauben handelt. Dieser Glaube ist mit dem Amerikanischen Selbstverständnis verbunden und in US-Amerikanischer Politik als religiöse Dimension institutionalisiert. ; The thesis at hand deals with the connection between civil religion and politics in the United States of America. Based on Robert Bellahs proposal of an American civil religion in 1967, the thesis states that the civil religion concept is a modifiable one. As such, politicians, especially presidents, in the United States of America, can use civil religion according to their own purposes and the current zeitgeist. An exploration of the origins of civil religion and an investigation of common aspects in the civil religion theory debate, both in the U.S. American context, serve as parameters for the statement. In addition, the statement is based on the analysis of civil religious manifestations in the political rhetoric of the presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. With the help of the manifestations analysis, as well as an examination of the civil religious aspects that appear in the private sphere of the United States of America, the thesis shows that civil religion is indeed a modifiable concept and has manifested itself as a religious dimension of U.S. American politics. Furthermore, the thesis shows that civil religion has changed throughout the years and is experiencing change in the twenty-first century once more. Additionally, the thesis reaches the same conclusion as the scholars, such as Robert Bellah, whose ideas were discussed in the scope of this thesis; namely, that civil religion is an underlying belief system of the U.S. American civil society. As such, civil religion is closely linked to the U.S. American self-perception and has become an institutionalised dimension of the political sphere. ; vorgelegt von Lisa Konrad ; Abweichender Titel laut Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers ; Zsfassungen in dt. und engl. Sprache ; Graz, Univ., Dipl.-Arb., 2015 ; (VLID)773262

"An important concept that scholars have used to help understand the relationship between religion and the American nation and polity has been "civil religion." A seminal article by Robert Bellah appeared just over fifty years ago. A multi-disciplinary array of scholars in this volume assess the concept's origins, history, and continued usefulness. In a period of great political polarization, considering whether there is hope for a unifying value and belief system seems more important than ever"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Religion, States, and Transnational Civil Society, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- Part One Self-Organization: From Society and from Below -- 1 Trans-state Islam and Security, Dale F. Eickelman -- 2 Muslim Missionaries and African States, Ousmane Kane -- 3 Bridging the Gap Between Empowerment and Power in Latin America, Daniel H. Levine and David Stoll -- 4 Faces of Catholic Transnationalism: In and Beyond France, Danièle Hervieu-Léger -- translated by Roger Gleason -- Part Two Hierarchy: From a Center and from Above -- 5 Globalizing Catholicism and the Return to a "Universal" Church, José Casanova -- 6 World Religions and National States: Competing Claims in East Asia, Don Baker -- 7 Religious Resource Networks: Roman Catholic Philanthropy in Central and East Europe, Ralph Della Cava -- 8 In Defense of Allah's Realm: Religion and Statecraft in Saudi Foreign Policy Strategy, Cary Fraser -- Part Three Reflections -- 9 Dehomogenizing Religious Formations, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- About the Book and Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index

Exceptionalism and civil religion -- The origins of American exceptionalism -- Expansion, slavery, and two American exceptionalisms -- The chosen nation -- The commissioned nation -- The innocent nation -- The nation and her land -- The glorious nation -- Open exceptionalism and civic engagement

"This book is about the religious dynamics of soldiering for America from the Great War, which I mark as the emergence of the United States as a global power, to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, which future historians will certainly describe as national crises, perhaps even as engines of American decline. Hundreds of histories have been written of the wars waged in the so-called American century and of exercises of American might--both violent and not--that have, in one way or another, fallen short of war."--

Preliminary Material -- Wir guten Europäer -- Der Stand der Dinge -- Fundamentalismus und Zivilreligion -- Konsumismus und Boutique-Religion -- Die Weltmeister im Guten -- Der Götzendienst des Ich -- Die Sozialoffenbarung -- Den Teufel ernst nehmen -- Glaube und Wissen -- Das metaphysische Bedürfnis und seine christliche Befriedigung -- Der Absolute Vater -- Die wundeste Stelle der Kultur -- Seelennahrung -- Vom Umgang mit der Hilflosigkeit -- Leitbild don Quixote -- Anmerkungen -- Literatur.

"From right to left, notions of religion and religious freedom are fundamental to how many Americans have understood their country and themselves. Ideas of religion, politics, and the interplay between them are no less crucial to how the United States has engaged with the world beyond its borders. Yet scholarship on American religion tends to bracket the domestic and foreign, despite the fact that assumptions about the differences between ourselves and others deeply shape American religious categories and identities. At Home and Abroad bridges the divide in the study of American religion, law, and politics between domestic and international, bringing together diverse and distinguished authors from religious studies, law, American studies, sociology, history, and political science to explore interrelations across conceptual and political boundaries. They bring into sharp focus the ideas, people, and institutions that provide links between domestic and foreign religious politics and policies. Contributors break down the categories of domestic and foreign and inquire into how these taxonomies are related to other axes of discrimination. Offering a new approach to theorizing the politics of religion in the context of the American nation-state, At Home and Abroad also interrogates American religious exceptionalism and illuminates imperial dynamics beyond the United States"--