Piety and fraternalism : a study of the relationship between secret fraternal societies and the American civil religion

Robert Bellah has suggested that there "exists alongside of and rather clearly differentiated from the churches and elaborate and well institutionalized civil religion in America". This religion expresses certain common elements of religious orientation shared by most Americans. It gives,...

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Main Author: Loughrey, Elizabeth Jean
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/22958