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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merriman, Scott A., 1968-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 383 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

""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""

""Fiji""

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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

ISBN:

9798216007067

9781598841336

1598841335

OCLC:

606743180