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The weirdest thing about American culture (lemmy.ml)

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[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

American civil religion

American civil religion is a sociological theory that a nonsectarian civil religion exists within the United States with sacred symbols drawn from the national history of the United States. Scholars have portrayed it as a common set of values that foster social and cultural integration. The ritualistic elements of ceremonial deism found in American ceremonies and presidential invocations of God can be seen as expressions of the American civil religion.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I've always thought of this as being very bizarre and I don't know if something similar has ever emerged in another country so far.

The US has birthed lots of very weird ideas.