Open AccessСivil religion in the light of a comparative analysis
Author(s) -
Timofiy Zinkevich
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2017.83.764
Subject(s) - transcendental number , christianity , sociology , civil religion , ethnic group , eternity , religious studies , phenomenon , epistemology , political science , anthropology , law , philosophy , politics
In the article "Сivil religion in the light of a comparative analysis" by T. Zinkevych civil religion is seen as a social and cultural phenomenon in which the light of a kind of religious language and the specific practices of the necessity of origin and the approval of the national state, which has its roots in the community needs to find a sacred transcendental eternity-linear action that is rooted in the history of the area. Substantiated the thesis of the non-identity concept of civil religion concepts of folk religion, ethnic religion, popular Christianity, and others.