The State and Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9255596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis C Mueller (Vienna University of Economics and Business, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00346764.2012.681115 |
| OpenAlex | W2100510126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 8 |
The proposition that the State should be separated from the Church is well accepted by students of democracy in the West. Huntington ((1996) The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York: Simon & Schuster) went so far as to claim that the separation of Church and State was a salient feature of Western Civilization, which explains why Western countries tend to be democracies, while democracy in other cultures is rare. Huntington's claim obviously presumes that the State is separated from the Church in Western democracies. A closer look at the relationships between State and Church in these countries, however, reveals considerable financial and institutional linkages between the two institutions. Democratic states in the West subsidize religious organizations and religious schools, allow or even sometimes compel religious instruction in public, supposedly secular schools, and enact laws, which advance religious agendas. This article documents and discusses these state–church relationships. It goes on to recommend the implementation of a complete separation of Church and State
Civilization · Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Secular state · Separation of church and state · Sociology · State (computer science) · Subsidy · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
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The Theory of the Collective Unconscious and Social Coercion
Exploitation in contemporary societies
Religion and the state in the Arab world
Societal coercion and path-dependence
The Effect of Religiosity on Political Attitudes in Israel
The residue of theocracy in contemporary democracies
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |