HIST3150 av civil rel

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion As defined by sociologist Robert Bellah, CIVIL RELIGION is… “the use of religion to interpret the meaning of America.”

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Ben Franklin’s proposed Seal of the United States

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Great Seal of the United States

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Portraits of George Washington, 1800-1810s

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Portraits of George Washington at Valley Forge, 1810s-1830s

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Let tyrants shake their iron rod, And slavery clank her galling chains, We'll fear them not, we'll trust in God; New England's God forever reigns. Howe and Burgoyne and Clinton, Too With Prescott and Cornwallis Join'd, Together Plot Our Overthrow, In One Infernal League Combined. When God Inspired Us For the Fight Their Lines Were Broke, Their Lines Were Forc'd, Their Ships Were Shelter'd in Our Sight Or Swiftly Driven From Our Coast. The Foe Comes On With Haughty Stride, Our Troops Advance With Martial Noise. Their Vet'rans Flee Before Our Youth And Generals Yield to Beardless Boys. What Grateful Offerings Shall We Bring, What Shall We Render to the Lord? Loud Hallelujahs Let Us Sing And Praise His Name On Every Chord. “Chester,” anonymous, 1770s

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies; Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold, While ages on ages thy splendors unfold, Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time, Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime; Let the crimes of the east ne'er encrimson thy name; Be freedom and science, and virtue and fame. “Columbia,” Rev. Timothy Dwight, 1770s-1780s

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation! Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our Trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave “The Star Spangled Banner,” Francis Scott Key, 1810s

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Hymns of the American civil religion, 1860s-1890s.

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Veneration of Ronald Reagan after his death in 2004.

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Pledge of Allegiance without “Under God,” 1910s. Poster celebrating MLK Day, 1990s.

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion “We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom symbolizing an end as well as a beginning signifying renewal as well as change. . . For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and to abolish all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbears fought are still at issue around the globe the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. . . . Finally, whether you are citizens of America or of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice that we shall ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.” JFK inaugural speech, January 20, 1961

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Interpretations of 9/11 in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, 2002.

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Expressions of civil religion after 9/11.

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A/V Day – Portraits of Civil Religion Apt cartoon for describing the relationship between state and church in American history, from The Christian Science Monitor, 2001.