KnowraCivil religionLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Civil religion, each with the reason it gives.All 15Broader topic 1Related 9Compared with 5SecularismCompared with: It complicates secularism by showing how civic life can acquire religious-like meanings without an official church.Jean-Jacques RousseauRelated: Rousseau proposes shared civic commitments while rejecting religious authority over the state.Thomas HobbesRelated: Hobbes's treatment of religious authority and public doctrine reflects his concern that rival powers threaten unity.PatriotismRelated: National ceremonies can express patriotism in forms resembling religious observance.TheocracyCompared with: It sacralizes civic identity without necessarily giving religious authorities control of government.Political theologyRelated: It explains how states can use religious forms without adopting an established theology.Christian nationalismRelated: It shows how religious language can sanctify national institutions without making a state formally theocratic.Religious nationalismCompared with: It sacralizes national life without necessarily grounding sovereignty in an organized religion.National mythRelated: National myths can give national institutions and commemorations a sacred aura.Sociology of religionBroader topic: It reveals how national belonging can take on religious forms.Church–state relationsCompared with: It shows how political life can acquire religious features without an established church.National heroRelated: Commemorations can cast national heroes as exemplary figures in a shared civic faith.The Sacred and the ProfaneRelated: National ceremonies can mark collective values as sacred outside conventional religious institutions.Established churchRelated: National ceremonies can preserve religious influence even where formal establishment weakens.SecularityCompared with: Civil religion shows how public life can retain sacred forms even without formal religious authority.