Civil Religion: A New Consideration on How to Establish Political Conviction in the Modern Religious Society

Under the condition of separation of religion from politics,civil religion sets up common political conviction for the society with the aid of religious form.It is not a kind of sheer religious form,but to maintain political solidarity with the aid of religious feelings.The American civil religion provides us with an example that under the condition of separation of religion from politics,it serves the political life in the society by virtue of the political function of religion.On improving the relation between religion and politics,civil religion exerts great significance in carrying out the education of political conviction focusing on the theme of the patriotism and civil education.