TY - BOOK AU - Barbalet,Jack TI - Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology SN - 9780857287984 PB - Anthem Press KW - Social Science / Sociology Of Religion KW - bisacsh KW - Social sciences KW - Electronic books N1 - Access copy available to the general public N2 - With a clear statement of the theoretical issues in the debates about secularization and post-secularism, Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology considers a number of major case studies from China, Europe, Singapore and South Asia in order to understand the rise of public religions in the modern state. By distinguishing between political secularization the separation of state and religion and social secularization the transformation of the everyday practice of religion this volume offers an integrating framework within which to analyze these different societies UR - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/1b07bfec-ef56-4aa8-9b5b-0e3a241088b4 ER -