American Kairos - Washington National Cathedral and the New Civil Religion

"In this book, the author has written a history of not only the National Cathedral but also the idea that animates it, arguing that it is a touchstone site for the American civil religion - the idea that the American nation functions much like a religion, with its own rituals, sacred texts, holy days, and so on. Moreover, he shows, it is the National Cathedral that most embodies the various tug-of-wars that have quietly defined the American civil religion - questions of belonging, of ideology, and of America's place in the world"--

About the author

Richard Benjamin Crosby (Provo, UT) is an associate professor of English at Brigham Young University.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Benjamin Crosby
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2023
• EAN: 9781421446424
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4642-4
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Religion: general, Political science & theory, Church history, Religion and Politics, Architecture: religious buildings