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A world survey of religion and the state / Jonathan Fox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fox, Jonathan, 1968- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics.
- Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and state--History--20th century.
- Religion and state.
- Religion and politics--History--20th century.
- Religion and politics.
- World politics--1989-.
- World politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 388 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- A World Survey of Religion & the State
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book delves into the extent of government involvement in religion between 1990 and 2002 using both quantitative and qualitative methodology. The study is based on the Religion and State dataset, which includes 175 governments across the globe, all of which are addressed individually in this book. The forms of involvement examined in this study include whether the government has an official religion, whether some religions are given preferential treatment, religious discrimination against minority religion, government regulation of the majority religion, and religious legislation. The study shows that government involvement in religion is ubiquitous, that it increased significantly during this period, and that only a minority of states, including a minority of democracies, have separation of religion and state. These findings contradict the predictions of religion's reduced public significance found in modernization and secularization theory. The findings also demonstrate that state religious monopolies are linked to reduced religious participation.
- Contents:
- The question of religion's role in politics and society : modernization, secularization and beyond?
- Quantifying religion
- Global GIR from 1990 to 2002
- Western democracies
- The former Soviet bloc
- Asia
- The Middle East and North Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Latin America
- Patterns and trends
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-18494-0
- 1-281-75111-1
- 9786611751111
- 0-511-99303-X
- 0-511-41444-7
- 0-511-41512-5
- 0-511-41282-7
- 0-511-41190-1
- 0-511-41374-2
- OCLC:
- 335705495
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