Unexpected Consequences of State Support for Religion

Jonathan Fox (Ph.D. in Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 1997) is the Yehuda Avner Professor of Religion and Politics at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and director of the Religion and State project. He has received distinguished scholar awards form the International Studies Association and the American political Science Association. His research focuses on a wide variety of aspects of religion and politics including government religion police, religious minorities, religious conflict, and religion in international relations.Marie Eisenstein (Ph.D. in Political Science, Purdue University, 2004) is an associate professor of Political Science at Indiana University Northwest. Her research expertise is in political behavior, predominantly focused within religion and politics. She has published extensively on the role of political tolerance. In addition, she publishes on issues of social trust.Ariel Zellman (Ph.D. in Political Science, Northwestern University, 2012) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and co- director of the Religion and State project. His primary research examines the causes of violent interstate and intrastate conflict, with a particular focus on religion, nationalism, and protracted territorial disputes. His broader work includes quantitative comparative study of government-religion policy’s influences on political and societal outcomes.

• Chapter 1: Why Do Government Choose to Support a Religion? Chapter 2: Supply-Side Religion Chapter 3: Faith in Government Chapter 4: Morality Chapter 5: Social Trust Chapter 6: Societal Restrictions and Violence Chapter 7: The Costs and Benefits of Supporting Religion Appendix