poverty and assisting those with less. This handbook highlights the value of incorporating religion into development studies …

Two important theories of religiosity are the secularization hypothesis and the religion-market model. According to the … depends on the presence of a state religion, regulation of the religion market, suppression of organized religion under … religion tends to increase religiosity, probably because of the subsidies that flow to organized religion. However, in …

attendance and religious beliefs are positively related to education (thereby conflicting with theories in which religion … and lower fertility. We investigate the effects of official state religions, government regulation of the religion market … the measures of official state religion, government regulation, and religious pluralism …

Contents: 1. Dimensionality of religion -- 2. Religious origins of political regimes -- 3. Religious identity, local …Religion and Comparative Development is the first analytical endeavor on religion and government that incorporates … rising significance of religion in Middle East and post-Soviet politics, as well as in current migration, security and party …