7. Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, and Images of National Identity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Beyond Bellah 1
4. 1. The Past and Future of the American Civil Religion 19
5. 2. The Utilitarian Context of American Civil Religion 35
6. 3. Sacrifice, Service, and Civil Religion Now 50
7. 4. Regions and Civil Religion(s) in America 76
8. 5. Seeing Bellah’s Civil Religion through a Black Feminist Lens 95
9. 6. Civil Religion and the Problem of Origins 118
10. 7. Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, and Images of National Identity 137
11. 8. George Washington, Miguel Hidalgo, and Transnational Civil Religion at the U.S.- Mexico Border 163
12. 9. Civil Religion in Indianapolis 180
13. Acknowledgments 213
14. About the Contributors 215
15. Index 217