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  1. A state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state. A state with an official religion (also known as confessional state), while not a secular state, is not necessarily a theocracy.

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    The following states recognize some form of Christianityas their state or official religion (by denomination):

    Governments which recognize Buddhismas their official religion: 1. Bhutan (Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism) 2. Cambodia (Theravada Buddhism) 3. Laos (Theravada Buddhism) 4. Kalmykia, a republic within the Russian Federation (Tibetan Buddhism- sole Buddhist entity in Europe) 5. Thailand (Theravada Buddhism) 6. Tibet Government in Exile (Gelu...

    Israel is defined in several of its laws as a Democratic Jewish state, but has no state or official religion, "Jewish" being treated as a nationality. In other countries the term "Jewish" means eit...

    Egypt and Sumer

    The concept of state religions was known as long ago as the empires of Egypt and Sumer, when every city state or people had its own god or gods.

    Persian empire

    Zoroastrianism was the state religion of the Sassanid dynastywhich lasted from 226 until 651.

    Greek city-states

    Many of the Greek city-states also had a 'god' or 'goddess' associated with that city.

    Note 1: In 1967, the Albanian government made atheismthe "state religion". This designation remained in effect until 1991. Note 2: Finland's State Church was the Church of Swedenuntil 1809. Note 3: In France the Concordat of 1801 made the Roman Catholic, Calvinist and Lutheran churches state-sponsored religions, as well as Judaism. Note 4: In Hunga...

    Protestant colonies

    1. Plymouth Colony was founded by Separatists. 2. Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was founded by Baptists. 3. Province of Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers.

    Catholic colonies

    1. When New France was transferred to Great Britain in 1763, the Roman Catholic Church remained under toleration, but Huguenotswere allowed entrance where they had formerly been banned from settlement by Parisian authorities. 2. Province of Maryland was founded by Irish Catholics in a state known as recusancy, but was stripped of this independence during the English Civil War by Roundheads—much as it was in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. 3. Spanish Florida was ceded to the Great Britain...

    The State of Deseret was a provisional state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by Mormon settlers in Salt Lake City. The provisional state existed for slightly over two years.

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    McConnell, Michael W. (April 2003). "Establishment and Disestablishment at the Founding, Part I: Establishment of Religion". William and Mary Law Review,. 44 (5): 2105. Archived from the original o...

  2. Christianity portal. v. t. e. A Christian state is a country that recognizes a form of Christianity as its official religion and often has a state church (also called an established church ), [1] which is a Christian denomination that supports the government and is supported by the government. [2]

    Location
    Church
    Denomination
    Disestablished
    1918, during the German Revolution
    1921
    1918, under the Federal Constitutional ...
    1918, during the German Revolution
  3. State atheism may refer to a government's promotion of anti-clericalism, which opposes religious institutional power and influence in all aspects of public and political life, including the involvement of religion in the everyday life of the citizen.

  4. A state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state. A state with an official religion (also known as confessional state ), while not a secular state, is not necessarily a theocracy.