Question

Why does Robert Bellah think American presidents say "God bless America" at the end of every State of the Union address?

a.By saying "God bless America," presidents are expressing the core of American civil religion: namely, its belief in a specific spiritual being, the God of Protestan Christianity

b.By saying "God bless America," presidents are uttering a pleasant reminder that America is and should remain the most religious nation on earth

c. By saying "God bless America, presidents are acting like priests, stating a core belief of American civil religion and leading the nation in a core practice of civil religion

d.By saying "God bless America," presidents are giving expression to their own personal religious beliefs,
showing how these beliefs are distinct from American civil religion

Answer 1

C. By saying "God bless America, presidents are acting like priests, stating a core belief of American civil religion and leading the nation in a core practice of civil religion.

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