Secular religion
A secular religion is a belief that often rejects or neglects the metaphysical aspects of the supernatural, commonly associated with traditional religion, instead placing typical religious qualities in earthly entities.
Secular Religion Media
The Festival of the Supreme Being, by Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Related pages
Further reading
- A. Bergesen, The Sacred and the Subversive (1984)
- E. B. Koenker, Secular Salvations (1965)
- H. Kelsen, Secular Religion (1964)
- Gentile, "Political Religion: A Concept and its Critics - A Critical Survey," Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 25
- Gates, Donald K.. Political Religion - The Influence Of Ideological And Identity Orientation. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions 10 (3/4) (2009). p. 303–325. doi:10.1080/14690760903396310.
- Vondung, Klaus. National socialism as a political religion: Potentials and limits of an analytical concept. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions 6 (1) (2005). p. 87–95. doi:10.1080/14690760500110205.[dead link]
- Wolfgang Hardtwig (2001) "Political Religion in Modern Germany: Reflections on Nationalism, Socialism, and National Socialism", Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, Volume 28
- Jacques Ellul, The New Demons. Trans. C. Edward Hopkin. New York: Seabury, 1975. London: Mowbrays, 1975.
Other websites
- Political Religions section of Religion Compass
- Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative Council on Foreign Relations.
- Conference on Political religions in the modern era, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 7–9 May 2004
- Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, "Special Issue: Political Religions as a characteristic of the 20th century", Volume 6 Number 1/June 2005, Taylor & Francis (requires subscription)
