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This article asks whether governments are getting more involved or less involved in religion. I analyze both government support for religion and government discrimination against religious minorities in 177 countries between 1990 and 2008 and find that both increased significantly during this period.
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It is becoming increasingly clear that religion is becoming more important in politics in the Muslim world. This article demonstrates that this is also true of the non-Muslim world.
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This page is a summary of: Is it Really God's Century? An Evaluation of Religious Support and Discrimination from 1990 to 2008, Politics and Religion, May 2013, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1755048313000230.
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