Jul
09
2009
Civil religion and St. Michael, the pop angel
Posted by: in Amercian Idol News, tags: American Idol, American Idol Vote, American Idol Vote Totals, American Marketplace, Civil Religion, Election Day, Excerpt, Faith, Generations, High Holy Days, Idol Vote Totals, Intersection, Lowest Common Denominator, Marketplace Of Ideas, News Sources, Pop Culture, Presidential Inaugurations, Presidents, Pulpit, Religious LanguageNews Sources wrote an interesting post today on
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For generations, presidential inaugurations have served as the high holy days of civil religion for scholars studying the intersection of faith and public life. Want to know about the lowest-common-denominator faith that unites the muddy middle of the American marketplace of ideas? Dissect the religious language that presidents use when standing at that big pulpit on Day One. However, anyone who has ever compared American Idol vote totals with election day numbers knows that pop culture is now
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