For God and Country Essays on Religion and Nationalism

• Other Authors: Mentzel, Peter C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Christian nationalism; Protestantism; evangelicalism; ecumenical movement; Reinhold Niebuhr; Francis Miller; Christianity and Crisis; axial age; kinship; monolatry; monotheism; nation; priest; religion; territory; nationalism; Tatar; socialism; Islamic reform; Wahhabism; religious nationalism; American Buddhism; God and Country; minority religion in the U.S.; Engaged Buddhism; Romanitas; Hellenitas; Graecitas; Hellene; Greek; Byzantine Empire; identity; consciousness; religious rituals; secular rituals; profane rituals; democratic faith; civil religion; civility; moderation; Orthodox Christianity; autocephaly; schism; canon law; church-state conflicts; Buddhism; Theravāda; non-violence; asceticism; polytheism; Burma; Myanmar; Islamism
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Religion and nationalism are both powerful and important markers of individual identity, but the relationship between the two has been a source of considerable debate. Much, if not most, of the early work done in Nationalism Studies has been based, at least implicitly, on the idea that religion, as...