Political Secularism, Religion, and the State: A Time Series Analysis of Worldwide Data

ISBN-13: 9781107076747 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 291 str.

Israel) Jonathan Fox (Bar-Ilan University

Opis

This book examines how the competition between religious and secular forces influenced state religion policy between 1990 and 2008.

Recenzje

'Fox's detailed categorization and analysis of the phenomenon of state religion policy is essential reading.' Journal of Church and State

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Secularism or secularization?; 3. Establishment, support, neutrality, or hostility: the varieties of official religion policy; 4. State support for religion; 5. Regulation, restriction, and control of the majority religion; 6. Religious discrimination; 7. Education, abortion, and proselytizing; 8. Religion in constitutions; 9. Conclusions; Appendix A. Data collection and reliability.