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Arthur Remillard (https://www.francis.edu/academics/faculty-directory/arthur-remillard) is Professor of Religious Studies and Department Chair of Theology and Philosophy, as well as Dean of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engingeering, Arts, and Mathematics) at Saint Francis University, in Loretto, Pennsylvania. He is author of the book Southern Civil Religions, as well as a new book, Bodies in Motion: A Religious History of Sports in America.
OTHER LINKS
--"Civil Religion in America," by Robert N. Bellah (http://www.robertbellah.com/articles_5.htm)
--"The Meaning of Prayer at a Political Convention," by Esau McCaulley (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/21/opinion/republican-convention-prayer.html)
--"In Trump, We Have Abandoned Our Civil Religion — And We Are No Longer The Same," by John D. Carlson (https://religionnews.com/2025/01/23/in-trump-we-have-abandoned-our-civil-religion-and-we-are-no-longer-the-same/)
MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Light Lab," by Rest You Sleeping Giant
--"Pleasure" by Haunted Me
--"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Post Drone" by Uuriter
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui
Special Guest: Arthur Remillard.