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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780714003321

Autore

Merriman Scott A. <1968->

Titolo

Religion and the state : an international analysis of roles and relationships / / Scott A. Merriman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , c2009

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-82-16-00706-7

1-59884-133-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 383 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

322/.109

Soggetti

Religion and state

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-371) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Religion and the State""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Timeline""; ""PART ONE: ESSAYS""; ""Abortion, the State, and Religion""; ""African and Afro-Caribbean Religions and the State""; ""Alcohol, Religion, and the State""; ""Buddhism and the State""; ""Catholicism and the State after the Reformation""; ""Christianity and the State to the Reformation""; ""Confucianism and the State""; ""Dissident Religious Groups and Government""; ""Divorce, Religion, and the State""

""Eastern Orthodox Church since the Reformation""""Enlightenment""; ""Evolution and Religion around the World""; ""Genocide and Religion""; ""Government-Established Religion""; ""Hinduism and the State""; ""Iranian Revolution of 1979""; ""Islam and the State after the Fall of Constantinople""; ""Islam and the State to the Fall of Constantinople""; ""Islamic Political Movements, the State, and Religion""; ""Judaism and the State after Constantine""; ""Judaism and the State to the Time of Constantine""; ""Land Control, Religion, and the State""; ""Liberalism and Religion""

""Major Court Cases and Governmental Policies Dealing with Church and State and Education""""Major Figures in the Battle between Church and State""; ""Missionaries""; ""Native American Religions and the State""; ""Pogroms""; ""Protestantism and the State""; ""Public Opinion's



Effect on the Separation of Church and State""; ""Religion and National Identity""; ""Religious Conflicts and the State""; ""Religious Toleration and Persecution""; ""Religiously Motivated Pacifism and Opposition to War""; ""Revocation of the Edict of Nantes""; ""Shinto and the State""

""Siberian and Central Asian Shamanic Religions and the State""""Spanish Inquisition""; ""Taxation and Religion""; ""Technology, Religion, and the State""; ""The Draft, Religion, and the State""; ""Theocracies""; ""PART TWO: COUNTRY SURVEYS""; ""Introduction""; ""A Note on Sources""; ""Afghanistan""; ""Albania""; ""Algeria""; ""Andorra""; ""Angola""; ""Antigua and Barbuda""; ""Argentina""; ""Armenia""; ""Australia""; ""Austria""; ""Azerbaijan""; ""Bahamas""; ""Bahrain""; ""Bangladesh""; ""Barbados""; ""Belarus""; ""Belgium""; ""Belize""; ""Benin""; ""Bhutan""; ""Bolivia""

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Sommario/riassunto

At a time when faith-based groups have become more politically active in the United States, and with religious conflicts at the epicenter of many of the world's most dangerous hotspots, Religion and the State: An International Analysis of Roles and Relationships could not be more welcomed or timely. Country by country, faith by faith, it unravels the historic underpinnings and long-range effects of the relationship between religious principles and the operations of government in its many guises worldwide.    The work combines topical essays on significant developments in the confluence of rel