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The concept of ‘civil religion’ suggests that a pervasive, nonsectarian understanding of morality and transcendence sacralizes the nation-state, the polity, and the history and destiny of a society.
In 1787 US all lodges were blue lodges.
There are divisions. The "York" rite is exclusively Protestant. The "Scottish rite" is nonpartisan. Bu…
The concept of ‘civil religion’ suggests that a pervasive, nonsectarian understanding of morality and transcendence sacralizes the nation-state, the polity, and the history and destiny of a society.
In 1787 US all lodges were blue lodges.
There are divisions. The "York" rite is exclusively Protestant. The "Scottish rite" is nonpartisan. But at the time of the writing of the Constitution, the texts and symbols are consistent.
Masonry and Deism were also similar.
What was called Deism in the 18th Century, housed people who would be called atheists today, as in those days there were only deists and satanists, it was a Manichean world.