Political secularism, religion, and the state : a time series analysis of worldwide data /

"This book examines 111 types of state religion policy in 177 countries between 1990 and 2008. Jonathan Fox argues that policy is largely a result of the competition between political secular actors and religious actors, both of which try to influence state religion policy. While there are othe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fox, Jonathan, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 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.