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President or pontiff?(Insider Report)
"When President Bush went to Atlanta to lay a wreath on the grave of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 75th anniversary of his birth, he was greeted by protesters shouting, 'Bush go home' and 'Peace, not war,'" complained National Review in a February 9 editorial.
The journal demurred on the question of whether King a serial adulterer, shameless plagiarist, and fellow traveler with Communist subversives--was a fit subject of a national holiday. But it chose an interesting way to express its outrage over the supposed affront to President Bush. "If King is an example and an inspiration to all, then the President of the United States, in his role as pontifex maximus of the American civil religion, will, and should, honor him."
"Pontifex Maximus" was a title bestowed on Roman officials whose authority extended over both the political state and the official state religion. The term "civil religion" was coined by ...
- In U.S., symbols of a civil religion are plentiful.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Scott, Stephen October 24, 2001 700+ words
...normalcy" returns. "Civil religion is kind of a slippery...pluralistic." America's civil religion sprang from Protestant...Catholicism and Judaism. President Bush's appeals in recent...themselves will say civil religion becomes so watered...
- America's Battle for God: A European Christian Looks at Civil Religion.(Book...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State Morrison, Suzanne June 22, 2007 700+ words
...Christian Looks at Civil Religion. By Geiko Muller...claim to espouse. Civil religion, solidly grounded...dualistic and aggressive. President Bush missed the kairotic...proposes a refrained civil religion that is prophetic...
- Civil religion. (Century marks).(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century September 25, 2002 700+ words
...some previous presidents. Instead, he worships at military-led services held at the Camp David presidential retreat. President Bush's faith, it's said, shapes his public policies--from his advocacy of faith-based social services to restrictions...
- Hauntings, Visions: The civil religion of John McCain.(John McCain's address to...
- Magazine article from: National Review Ponnuru, Ramesh August 28, 2000 700+ words
...boilerplate. But some evangelical Christians objected: The world's last, best hope, they said, was Jesus Christ. President Bush's political aides rolled their eyes-there they go again, those fundamentalist hayseeds-and kept the sentence. By...
- When President Bush went to Atlanta to lay a wreath on the grave of Martin...
- Magazine article from: National Review February 9, 2004 700+ words
* When President Bush went to Atlanta to lay a wreath on the grave of Martin Luther King...United States, in his role as pontifex maximus of the American civil religion, will, and should, honor him. But if King is still a partisan...
- Welcome To Washington, President Bush.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Church & State Lynn, Barry W. January 1, 2001 700+ words
...prayers and ended with a "God Bless America," the kind of civil religion we have come to expect from almost every politician. Indeed...satisfied with a yearly hand-signed Christmas card from President Bush. They will want to see some effort to achieve their goals...
- Law, morals, and civil religion in America.(Editorial)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State Davis, Derek H. June 22, 1997 700+ words
The existence of a civil religion in America is now widely accepted...still debated, most agree that civil religion is essentially about those public...stimulated much of the discussion about civil religion with his seminal essay in 1967...
- Sound Bites of Civil Religion: Politics, Popular Culture, and the Presidential...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Religion and Popular Culture September 22, 2008 700+ words
...addition to the symbolism of American civil religion reflects the increased interdependence...exemplifies the transformation of American civil religion from the written and spoken word to...exemplars to the tradition of American civil religion. 1 By Executive Order 11085, the...
Source: HighBeam Research, President or pontiff?(Insider Report)