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Robert N. Bellah; Civil religion in America. Daedalus 2005; 134 (4): 40–55. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/001152605774431464
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Robert N. Bellah, Elliott Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, has been a Fellow of the American Academy since 1967. This essay appeared in the Winter 1967 issue of “Dædalus.” At the time of its publication, Bellah was professor of sociology at Harvard University.
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