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The Damned Neighbors Problem: Rousseau’s Civil Religion Revisited

Religions, 2019
Near the conclusion of The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau starkly proclaims that no state has been founded without a religious basis, and thus if he is right, every political community must grapple with the tension between the conflicting claims ...
Micah Watson
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“In God We Trust:” The U.S. National Motto and the Contested Concept of Civil Religion

Religions, 2019
In this essay, “In God We Trust”, the official motto of the United States, is discussed as an illustration of the contested character of American civil religion. Applying and evaluating assumptions from Robert N.
Michael Lienesch
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Une laïcité en Amérique. Genèse de la loi québécoise sur la laïcité de l’État

Revue du Droit des Religions, 2022
In June 2019, the Quebec National Assembly adopted the Act respecting the laicity of the State, after a lively debate that reflects the unique socio-historical trajectory of Quebec society.
Marc Chevrier
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Mourning, Memorials, and Religion: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Park51 Controversy

Religions, 2011
This article summarizes a version of the “mourning religion” thesis—derived from the work of Peter Homans and further developed and advanced by William Parsons, Diane Jonte-Pace, and Susan Henking—and then demonstrates how this thesis can shed light on ...
Nathan Carlin, Heba Khan
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COVID-19 and Religious Freedom: Some Comparative Perspectives

Laws, 2021
The government’s measures against COVID-19 have raised, in virtually all contemporary democracies, important issues regarding the proportionality of limitations on fundamental rights, including freedom of religion or belief.
Javier Martínez-Torrón
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Al-Mughtaribun

American Journal of Islam and Society, 1997
The focus of this book is on "the gradual transformation of American Muslims' perceptions and self-identification, coaxed by the ways American civil law has penetrated and come to dominate their daily lives" (p. vii). Hence, the book attempts to show the
Omar Altalib
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Civil Religion in the Discourse of Frederick Douglass

Altralang Journal
The concept of “civil religion” harks back to the works of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Emile Durkheim but its significance in United States context has been pointed out by Robert Bellah in his 1967 seminal article “Civil Religion in America”.
Souad BAGHLI BERBAR
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Babe Ruth: Religious Icon

Religions, 2019
Babe Ruth is a mythic figure in American baseball history. His extraordinary skills and legendary exploits are central to the idea of baseball as America’s national pastime and are woven into the fabric of American history and iconography. Much has
Rebecca Alpert
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Religion, Belonging, and Social Mobility in Civil Rights Era Birmingham, Alabama

Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media, 2021
This project narrates the story of Greek-Americans' reactions to the historic civil rights movement in perhaps its most important nerve centers, Birmingham, Alabama.
Andrew M. Manis
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Between Neoliberalism, Motherhood and Dictatorship: Women’s Citizenship and Participation in Latin America

Ekonomi, Politika & Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2021
Historically and traditionally women experience rights violations more widely and this caused them to practice an indirect citizenship form. Hence, a gendered perception has emerged to understand civil, political and economic rights of women apart from ...
Elif Gözler Çamur
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