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A state church (or "established church") is a state religion established by a state for use exclusively by that state. In the case of a state church , the state has absolute control over the church, but in the case of a state religion , the church is ruled by an exterior body; for example, in the case of Catholicism, the Vatican has control ...
The following is the percentage of Christians and all religions in the U.S. territories as of 2015 (according to the ARDA): [62] Note that CIA World Factbook data differs from the data below. For example, the CIA World Factbook says that 99.3% of the population in American Samoa is religious. [63]
per consensus on en:Talk:State religion: 19:29, 6 January 2017: 1,000 × 500 (1.29 MB) TriadicRelation98: Norway is a secular state after January 1st, 2017: 02:39, 1 November 2016: 1,000 × 500 (1.29 MB) TriadicRelation98: Updated map to match the new "File:Map of state religions.svg" — sources for changes are on the original file page. 09:45 ...
Thailand does not have an official state religion. 03:31, 14 September 2019: 1,760 × 776 (1.31 MB) ReiPeixe: Both Morocco and the Sahrawi republic recognize Islam as their state religion. (Article 6 of the Sahrawi constitution. Article 2 prescribes that "Islam is the state religion and source of law".)
These countries don't have state religions (and must not be erroneously added for this reason): Argentina - According to Section 2 of the Constitution of Argentina,"The Federal Government supports the Roman Catholic Apostolic religion." but does not stipulate an official state religion:
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
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.
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