Political Secularism, Religion, and the State A Time Series Analysis of Worldwide Data

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Fox is a Professor of Political Science in the Political Studies Department at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. He also serves as a director of the Religion and State Project (www.religionandstate.org) and as a senior research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. He is the author or editor of nine books including the most widely used textbook on religion and world politics. He currently serves on the editorial or advisory boards of four journals and is the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Article Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Klappentext This book examines how the competition between religious and secular forces influenced state religion policy between 1990 and 2008. Zusammenfassung This book examines how the competition between religious and secular forces influenced state religion policy between 1990 and 2008. While both sides were active! the religious side had considerably more success. The book examines how states supported religion as well as how they restricted it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jonathon Fox, Jonathan Fox, Jonathan (Bar-Ilan University Fox
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 16.04.2015
• Categoria: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9781107433915
• ISBN: 978-1-107-43391-5
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Social Th
• Categorie: Soziologie, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Politics & government, Religion & politics, Politics and government, Religion and Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State