9/11 and the "American Civil Religion" Today (Essays on the Theme: Conflict and Dialogue in Monotheistic Religions)

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Facing the 9.11, American people gathered together under the National Flag and Biblical God. That is because 90% of American people believe in God of the Bible. Three days after 9.11, "National Day of Prayer and Remembrance" was held at the Washington National Cathedral, and an Islamic Imam prayed at the ceremony. This might be the symptom that Islam will be the element of American Civil Religion with Christianity and Judaism.The cause of Iraq War for the United States deeply relates to the cause of founding the nation. American people believes that the missiom of establishing the human rights for all people of the world. American Civil Religion has justified this American sene of mission, but at the same time, it has criticized the policies of the government from the stand point of the transcendence. However, Bush's understanding of America lacks the element of self-criticism, and we may say it "Fundamentalism of America".PUB:Doshisha University Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions (CISMOR)
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