Political rethoric and religious language

• Author: Florian Delia-Stefania
• Position: Faculty of Law and Economics, the Law Department, Agora University, Oradea, Romania
• Pages: 138-143

AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicalj ournal.univagora.ro

ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677

No.1 (2012), pp. 17-22

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POLITICAL RETHORIC AND RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE

D. . Florian

Delia-tefania Florian

Faculty of Law and Economics, the Law Department

Agora University, Oradea, Romania

*Correspondence: Delia -tefania Florian, Agora University, Orad ea, Romania, 8 Piaa

Tineretului St., Oradea, Romania

E-mail: delia_stefi@yahoo.com deliaflorian@gmail.com

Abstract

The most important political d iscourses in the human history, many of them

transmitted during difficult times, talked not to the public mind, giving them rational

explanations, they talked to the masses soul. And what is the best word by which anyone can

reach to the masses’ soul than the wordGod?

Key words: religion, political communication, political discourse,, civil religion.

Introduction

In July 2011, the Public Religio n Research Institute in partnership with Religion

News Service conducted a survey in order to measure the perceptions of the American public

over the religious beliefs’ of presidential candidates.

A majority (56%) of the public says it is very important or so mewhat important for a

presidential candidate to have strong religious beliefs regar dless of whether those beliefs are

the same a s their own. 70% of those who think that Obama has the same religious

convictions as they do would vote him again for presidency. 32 % of those who th ink that the

actual president has different religious convictions that theirs, would vote him again for

presidency.

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July 2011) was designed a nd conducted by Public R eligion

Research Institute. Results of the survey were based on RDD telepho ne interviews.

The political and sociological studies showed that America is a place where one’s

beliefs about God are a significant co mponent of daily life, more than any other Western or

industrialized nation.

The need of religion

Religion is often used to provide answers to metaphysica l inquiry because faith

transcends positivist approaches to understand human experience. The psychologic al need to

feel as if human existence has purpose is so fundamental that social structures are integrated

into existe ntial sche mas. Social identity theory s ustain t hat individuals have a fundamental

need to feel cognitively connected to others. This connectio n is primarily done through group

affiliation where in-group members share core values and beliefs. Individuals may affiliate

with numerous social groups as an expression and formation of their personal identity; this

would include both reli gious and political groups. These social spheres, to which individuals

belong, by their nature, overlap and influence one another. Therefore, it can be argued that

religious affiliation, or sensibilities, are inextricably linked with political id entity.