Author's Keywords: american civil religion, civil religion, religion, political discourse, World War I, WWI, civic religion, Woodrow Wilson, propaganda, First World War, American exceptionalism, democracy, tradition	Convention All Academic Convention can solve the abstract management needs for any association's annual meeting. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
Association: Name: WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION URL: http://www.csus.edu/ORG/WPSA/
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Gomez, Adam. "We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood: Themes of Civil Religion in Woodrow Wilson's Public Speech" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Manchester Hyatt, San Diego, California, Mar 20, 2008 <Not Available>. 2010-03-12 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p238248_index.html>

Gomez, A. , 2008-03-20 "We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood: Themes of Civil Religion in Woodrow Wilson's Public Speech" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Manchester Hyatt, San Diego, California Online <PDF>. 2010-03-12 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p238248_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Though the subject has in many ways fallen from prominence in academic debate, American civil religion as a language of political discourse once more came to prominence in the wake of the September 11th attacks and during the buildup to the war in Iraq. Taking a historical perspective, I argue that many of the civil religious themes which were used by the current administration to generate compliance with its domestic and foreign policy agenda originate in the administration of Woodrow Wilson and the rhetoric which surrounded American involvement in the First World War. I locate two visions of the American political project within the tradition of American civil religion: one, which I term the model perspective, conceives of the United States as an example for the world to see and emulate, while the other, which I refer to as the missionary perspective, conceives of the American political project as being to spread the �good news� of democratic governance across the globe. I argue that these two perspectives have consequences for American foreign policy, with eras dominated by the model perspective tending isolationist, while times marked by the missionary perspective tend interventionist. The two, however, are not mutually exclusive, and it is my claim that when both perspectives are strongly present, as I argue is the case in the Wilson administration, American foreign policy is at its most aggressive.

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