The State and Observations of Religious Holiday Traditions: Attitudes toward Nativity Scenes on Government Property

As theoretical views of religion developed by Durkheim and civil religion theorists would lead one to expect, translating the principle of separation of church and state into specific practice can be difficult. Previous research suggests that attitudes about church-state separation vary by issue and...

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Main Author: Hougland, James G. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1992
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1992, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-308
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