(Ebook) A World Survey of Religion and the State 1st Edition by Jonathan Fox ISBN 0511415125 9780511415128

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ISBN 10: 0511415125 
ISBN 13: 9780511415128
Author: Jonathan Fox

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.

(Ebook) A World Survey of Religion and the State 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction
The Religion and State Dataset, Gir, and Separation of Religion and State
Some limitations and qualifications
Religious economies and subeconomies
Taking it all into account
2 The Question of Religion’s Role in Politics and Society
Is the world becoming more secular?
Secularization and sacralization
Two Views of Modernity and Religion’s Persistence
The Debate Among Sociologists
Specific religious traditions
Conclusions
3 Quantifying Religion
Past measures of religion
Identity-based Variables
Religious Diversity
Survey-based Variables
Government, Group, or Institutional Behavior
Building better variables
The Official Role of Religion in the State
Restrictions on Minority Religious Practices
Regulation of All Religion or the Majority Religion
Religious Legislation
General GIR
Comparing the Variables
Some Further Comments on Methodology
Religious Identity
Alternative definitions of sras
Conclusions
4 Global GIR from 1990 to 2002
Research design
Bivariate analysis
Change Over Time and Differences Between Religious Traditions
Absolute Levels of GIR
How many states have sras?
Multivariate analysis
Research Design
Data Analysis and Discussion
Conclusions
5 Western Democracies
Some general comments on the region by region analysis
Western democracies
Active state religions
No Restrictions on Minorities
Malta
Low Restrictions on Minorities
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Iceland
Norway
Historical or cultural state religion
No Restrictions on Minorities
Andorra
Liechtenstein
Low Restrictions on Minorities
United Kingdom
No Restrictions on Minorities
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Portugal
Low Restrictions on Minorities
Austria
Belgium
Republic of Cyprus (Greek)
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Spain
6 The Former Soviet Bloc
State-controlled religions
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Preferred treatment for some religions or support for a particular tradition
Low Restrictions on Minorities
Bosnia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Moderate Restrictions on Minorities
Poland
High Restrictions on Minorities
Armenia
Belarus
Near full separation
7 Asia
Communist states
State-controlled Religion
Laos
Hostility
China
North Korea
Vietnam
Muslim states
Religious States
Afghanistan
Brunei
Maldives
Buddhist states
Active State Religions
Bangladesh
Malaysia
Pakistan
Preferred Treatment for Some Religions or Support for a Particular Tradition
Indonesia
Buddhist states
Active State Religions
Bhutan
State-controlled Religion
Burma
Historical or Cultural State Religion
Cambodia
Sri Lanka
Preferred Treatment for Some Religions or Support for a Particular Tradition
Thailand
Moderate Separation
Mongolia
Hindu states
8 The Middle East and North Africa
A general note on sharia code
Religious state: religion mandatory for all
Saudi Arabia
Religious state: religion mandatory for members of religion
Low to Moderate Restrictions on Minorities
Bahrain
Oman
High Restrictions on Minorities
Iran
Kuwait
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
State-controlled religions
Libya
Active state religions: control over support
Moderate Restrictions on Minorities
Algeria
High Restrictions on Minorities
Egypt
Iraq
Morocco and the Western Sahara
Tunisia
Active state religion: support over control
Low Restrictions on Minorities
Israel
Moderate Restrictions on Minorities
Yemen
9 Sub-Saharan Africa
Active state religions
No to Low Restrictions on Minorities
Djibouti
Somalia
Zambia
Moderate to High Restrictions on Minorities
Comoros
Mauritania
Sudan
Preferred treatment for some religions or support for a particular tradition
No Restrictions on Minorities
Cape Verde
Equatorial Guinea
Mauritius
Low Restrictions on Minorities
Chad
Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire)
Tanzania
Togo
Moderate to High Restrictions on Minorities
10 Latin America
Active state religions
Costa Rica
Historical or cultural state religions
Low Restrictions on Minorities
Argentina
Dominican Republic
Moderate Restrictions on Minorities
Bolivia
Preferred treatment for some religions or support for a particular tradition
No Restrictions on Minorities
Belize
Haiti
Nicaragua
Peru
Low Restrictions on Minorities Religions
Chile
Colombia
Honduras
Jamaica
Panama
Paraguay
Venezuela
Moderate Restrictions on Minorities
El Salvador
Guatemala
General support
Suriname
Moderate separation
The Bahamas
Brazil
Trinidad & Tobago
Near full separation
Barbados
Ecuador
Guyana
Hostility
No Restrictions on Minorities Religions
Mexico
Uruguay
High Restrictions on Minorities
Cuba
Some general observations
11 Patterns and Trends
Change in gir between 1990 and 2002
Gir and individual religiosity
Research Design
Data Analysis
Gir and democracy
Research Design
Data Analysis
Conclusions
12 Conclusions
A method to the madness
All paths lead to religion
Appendix: Data Collection and Reliability
Bibliography
Index

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