web01.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 23:05:08 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Circumscription - Episodes Tagged with “Civil Religion” https://circumscription.fireside.fm/tags/civil%20religion Wed, 23 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. en-us episodic Where We Set The Limits Michael Sargent Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. no self, identity, religion, faith, constitutions, constitutional law, foreign policy Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 2: Forever In The Path https://circumscription.fireside.fm/2 aebd2928-ed53-4625-83cb-ac7805b96ab8 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation with scholar Art Remillard, about civil religion in the U.S. 58:56 no <p><a href="https://www.francis.edu/academics/faculty-directory/arthur-remillard" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Arthur Remillard</a> 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 <em>Southern Civil Religions</em>, as well as a new book, <em>Bodies in Motion: A Religious History of Sports in America</em>.</p> <p><strong>OTHER LINKS</strong><br> <a href="http://www.robertbellah.com/articles_5.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Civil Religion in America," by Robert N. Bellah</a><br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/21/opinion/republican-convention-prayer.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"The Meaning of Prayer at a Political Convention," by Esau McCaulley</a><br> <a href="https://religionnews.com/2025/01/23/in-trump-we-have-abandoned-our-civil-religion-and-we-are-no-longer-the-same/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"In Trump, We Have Abandoned Our Civil Religion — And We Are No Longer The Same," by John D. Carlson</a></p> <p><strong>MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)</strong><br> --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts<br> --"Light Lab," by Rest You Sleeping Giant<br> --"Pleasure" by Haunted Me<br> --"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk<br> --"Post Drone" by Uuriter<br> --"Caress me to sleep," by rui<br> Special Guest: Arthur Remillard.</p> civil religion, religion, government, United States 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
--"The Meaning of Prayer at a Political Convention," by Esau McCaulley
--"In Trump, We Have Abandoned Our Civil Religion — And We Are No Longer The Same," by John D. Carlson

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.

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OTHER LINKS
--"Civil Religion in America," by Robert N. Bellah
--"The Meaning of Prayer at a Political Convention," by Esau McCaulley
--"In Trump, We Have Abandoned Our Civil Religion — And We Are No Longer The Same," by John D. Carlson

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.

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