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religion and state  

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  • Rather than attempting to develop a typology of the relations between church and state—at the risk of comparing situations without taking into account the often profound discrepancies between their components—this entry addresses a specific form, the modern Western state, and its relations with religious groups and institutions. This form remains today and often is taken for a universal paradigm, especially in developing countries that have looked to the West for models of political organization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Religion and State]

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