Friday, October 9, 2009

EDIS Paper

I was looking through the paper and I found that I could write about civil religion and the way some presidents have tried to use it. As an example I will use the way Abraham Lincoln mentioned God at the height of the Civil War to maintain a Union. This can be my status quo. Then Ronald and GWB as the counterargument that you do not need civil religion in order to gain elections. FInally, I can use the example of Obama as a president who is using religious rhetoric to attract voters. I do not know how much you guys are in politics, but he usually saud "I am my brothers keeper and my sisters keeper" this is such a Biblical quote I searched for un a book by a Vermont University Professor who has analyzed his rhetoric. Furthermore, I think that civil religion based in our Judeo-Chrsitian foundation plays a huge role in our society, even if we do not think about it, we do it.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting! It would be an interesting thing to just look at Obama's use of religious rhetoric and to try to figure out what he is doing and why.

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