As a scholar who studies connections between religion and sport, I argue that this interest comes from what sociologist Robert Bellah called " civil religion," or devotion to one's nation-state as ...

As a scholar who studies connections between religion and sport, I argue that this interest comes from what sociologist Robert Bellah called " civil religion," or devotion to one's nation-state as ...

As a scholar who studies connections between religion and sport, I argue that this interest comes from what sociologist Robert Bellah called “ civil religion,” or devotion to one’s nation ...

In his analysis of American civil religion, sociologist Robert Bellah acknowledges the “biblical archetypes” underlying American civil religion, but recognizes that America has not made the ...

More than 50 years ago, sociologist Robert Bellah argued that such facts of American life suggest that the country adheres to a nonsectarian "civil religion," which he defined as "a collection of ...

In 1967 Robert Bellah noted that while his definition of American civil religion entailed an abstract and diffuse notion of God, some notion of God remained essential to the concept. Bellah therefore ...

The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, will deliver the inaugural Robert N. Bellah Lecture on Religion and Public Life, hosted by the Graduate ...

The Olympics as civil religion (Mark Humphrey | AP) Athletes walk with their national flags during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 21, 2016.