church-state
Faith and politics
Church-state describes the relationship between religious institutions and government, particularly debates over their proper separation or entanglement: church-state issues, the church-state divide.
In American discourse, it typically appears in discussions of the First Amendment's establishment clause: The Supreme Court ruled on the church-state question.
Constitutional free expression guarantee
- wall of separationBarrier dividing distinct domains
- JeffersonThird American president
- MadisonWisconsin's governmental seat
- disestablishmentWithdrawal of official status
free exercise · neutrality · secularism · pluralism · constitutional · disestablishmentarianism · public square
Religious recitation in education
- Ten CommandmentsScriptural moral code
- nativity sceneManger birth depiction
- public displaysVisible acts for crowds
- vouchersRedeemable credit documents
faith-based initiatives · chaplains · blue laws · tax exemption · parochial schools · religious symbols · pledge of allegiance · creationism
Faith-based governance system
- divine authorityPower derived from deity
- caliphateIslamic successor-led government
- shariaMuslim canonical jurisprudence
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
canon law · religious establishment · Anglicanism · concordat · Holy See · Christendom · blasphemy laws
Emperor who embraced Christianity
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- Treaty of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing peace
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- dissentersOpponents of prevailing views
First Amendment
Constitutional free expression guarantee
- wall of separationBarrier dividing distinct domains
- JeffersonThird American president
- MadisonWisconsin's governmental seat
disestablishment · free exercise · neutrality · secularism · pluralism · constitutional · disestablishmentarianism · public square
school prayer
Religious recitation in education
- Ten CommandmentsScriptural moral code
- nativity sceneManger birth depiction
- public displaysVisible acts for crowds
vouchers · faith-based initiatives · chaplains · blue laws · tax exemption · parochial schools · religious symbols · pledge of allegiance · creationism · moments of silence
religious law
Faith-based governance system
- divine authorityPower derived from deity
- caliphateIslamic successor-led government
- shariaMuslim canonical jurisprudence
ecclesiastical · canon law · religious establishment · Anglicanism · concordat · Holy See · Christendom · blasphemy laws
Constantine
Emperor who embraced Christianity
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- Treaty of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing peace
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- church-stateseparation, establishment clause, religious accommodation, religious establishment, disestablishment
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, parish, diocese
- Catholic Politicscommon good, subsidiarity, religious liberty, just war, pro-life movement
- Filipino religionpatron saints, novena, religious processions, friars, parish priests
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
church-statesecular state
Government separate from religion
separation of church and state · secularism · disestablishment · wall of separation · civil government
church-statepopular sovereignty
Populace holds ultimate authority
democratic republic · constitutional democracy · civil authority
church-statedisestablishment
Withdrawal of official status
secularization · religious freedom · religious pluralism · separation of powers · anti-clericalism
church, state, churches, states, churched, churchly, churchman, churchmen, stately