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Civil religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1473 words) |
 | Civil religion stands somewhat above folk religion in its social and political status, since by definition it suffuses an entire society, or at least a segment of a society; and is often practised by leaders within that society. |
| Rousseau defined "civil religion" as a group of religious beliefs he believed to be universal, and which he believed governments had a right to uphold and maintain: belief in a deity, belief in an afterlife in which virtue is rewarded and vice punished; and belief in religious tolerance. |
| This assertive civil religion of the United States is an occasional cause of political friction between the U.S. and its allies in Europe, where (the literally religious form of) civil religion is often relatively muted. |
| Marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4860 words) |
| Sociologists thus distinguish between a marriage ceremony conducted under the auspices of a religion and a state-authorized civil marriage. |
| The ceremony in which a marriage is enacted and announced to the community is called a wedding. |
| If that civil element of the full ceremony is left out for any reason, in the eyes of the law no marriage took place, irrespective of the holding of the religious ceremony. |
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