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A 5 page research paper that discusses aspects of Germany. Specifically, the writer examines how aspects of religion, language and politics are connected. This is then compared to the U.S. and relate to the U.S. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Parliament whose constitution was implemented by West Germany on May 23, 1949 and adopted by the entire country after reunification on October 3, 1990 (CIA, 2008). The official language of
Germany is German and its principal religion are Protestant, 34 percent; Roman Catholic 34 percent and Muslim 3.7 percent. Importance of religion and language in defining German culture Religion
and language can play a role in how a nation defines and perceives its identity. In other words, religion and language can play a role in how a group of
people regard the issue of nationalism. Liah Greenfield, professor of sociology at Boston University, defines nationalism as "an image of social order, which involves the people as a sovereign elite
and a community of equals" (Nationalism, 2008). There are two basic subcategories in regards to nationalism: civic and ethnic. Civic nationalism is based on loyalty to and residence within a
given state, while ethnic nationalism is defined by membership within a specific ethnic group (Ignatieff, 1993). In ethnic nationalism, citizenship is believed to be inherited and it cannot be
conferred just by living in a country. There are families of Turkish extraction that have been living in Germany for generations, but they are typically not considered to be "German"
by their neighbors as they are not seen as part of German ethnic nationalism (Ignatieff, 1993). While Turkish is one of the native languages spoken in Germany, German is the
only official language due to the fact that in Germany, nationalism has been traditional defined according to an ethnic understanding (Ignatieff, 1993). While some countries in which ethnic nationalism
is dominant, such as Israel or the Arab state, religion also places a cultural role, this does not appear to be true in Germany, as a whole, due to the
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