Calling it a day, but before I hit the hay this Independence Day, a semi-friendly reminder:

Patriotic songs are *not* hymns (at least, not hymns *to God*) and therefore have *no place whatsoever* in the liturgy.

#Catholic #Hymns #Patriotism #AmericanCivilReligion

Listening to an older episode of Darts and Letters podcast with Dr Andre Gagne explaining what Dominionism is.

Sounds like a great excuse for rampant greed and power-seeking to me. How is this Christianity? It's so heretical and twisted...

#evangelicalism #AmericanCivilReligion #Dominionism #religion #ReligiousStudies

(2/2) He uses the following 5-prong definition of #religion so that it can apply to #secular #government

"(1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in people by (3) formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and (4) clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the (5) moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic"

He then briefly explains how this is used to define #AmericanCivilReligion

(1/2) Are #Americans #Religious about #America ?
#ReligionForBreakfast #YouTube (8m45s)
#AmericanCivilReligion #CivilReligion
Please #Boost and/or #JoinIn with your thoughts!

#ShortSermons : #TLDW
This is the #introduction for a series of 5 short lessons about #Americanism as a form of civil religion.

He asks us to consider "what do we learn about American culture, behavior, and beliefs when we consider them through the lens of religion?"

https://youtu.be/x49n90lWi0s