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The intended meaning of the term civil religion perhaps varies according to whether one is a sociologist of religion or a professional political commentator.

1 Sociology of religion

The Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. is often used for state funerals for political leaders. In the sociology of religion, civil religion is the folk religion of a nation or a political culture.

It 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. On the other hand, it is somewhat less than an establishment of religion, since established churches have official clergy and a relatively fixed and formal relationship with the government that establishes them. Civil religion is usually practiced by political leaders who are laymen and whose leadership is not specifically spiritual.

1.1 Examples

Such civil religion encompasses such things as:

• the invocation of a god in political speeches and public monuments;
• the quotation of religious texts on public occasions by political leaders;
• the venerationLatin veneratio Greek dulia In Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, veneration or veneration of saints is a special act of honoring a dead person who has been identified as singular in the traditions of the religion, and through them honoring God who made t of past political leaders;
• the use of the lives of these leaders to teach moral ideals;
• the veneration of veterans and casualties of a nation's warFor other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). War is conflict, between relatively large groups of people, which involves physical force inflicted by the use of weapons. Other terms for war include armed conflict hostilities and police action''. See Lims;
• religious gatherings called by political leaders;
• the use of religious symbolA symbol or (in many senses) token is a representation of something — an idea, object, concept, quality, etc. Nature of symbols A symbol can be a material object whose shape or origin is related, by nature or convention, to the thing it represents: for ins on public buildings;
• the use of public buildings for worshipWorship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a god or goddess. Religious worship may be performed individually, in informally organized groups, or as part of an organi;

and similar religious or quasi-religious practices.

2 Practical political philosophy

The Arc de TriompheThe Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place de l'Etoile, at the western end of the Champs-Elysees. It is the linch-pin of the historic axis L' Axe historique leading from the courtyard of the Louvre Palace, a sequence in ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to commemorates those who died in FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.'s wars.

Professional commentators on political and social matters writing in newspapers and magazines sometimes use the term civil religion or civic religion to refer to ritual expressions of patriotism of a sort practiced in all countries, not always including religion in the conventional sense of the word. (The term civic religion is also used in a different way in the Wikipedia article with that title.) Among such practices are the following:

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