Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’Im, Islam and Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari’a by Abdel Salam Sidahmed

“…One perception brought about mostly by orientalist studies purports that Islam – unlike Christianity does not “render what is to Caesar unto Caesar”; rather Islam does not recognize a separation between church and state or a distinction between religion and politics. …”
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La laïcité à Mayotte. Un cas d’école by Hugo Bréant

“…The territory of Mayotte was early excluded from the application of the law of separation of Church and State in 1905. A century later, the law prohibiting the wearing of religious signs in public schools thus became the cornerstone of a secular policy in the 101st French department. …”
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Le Japon, un modèle de laïcité pour la France au moment de la loi de 1905 ? Interactions, malentendus et appropriations réciproques by Kiyonobu Date

“…Indeed, one of them – Aristide Briand – pointed to the “many supporters” of a “complete separation of church and state” to be found in Japan. Briand, a chronicler of France’s 1905 law on separation, made the comments in reference to a document signed by Alexandra Myrial, who used the alias David-Néel. …”
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Colonial Counterfactuals, the American Separationist Mindset, and Open-Minded Discourse on the Establishment Clause by Joseph Gilbert Prud'homme

“…This work first develops the idea of an American Separationist Mindset—a deeply rooted and often unthinking supposition that the strict separation of church and state is the only defensible church-state arrangement under the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution. …”
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“Religious Freedom” as a Tool to Oppress: The Explosion in Religion-Based Attacks on Civil Rights in Litigation by Alex J. Luchenitser

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Whither Shall We Go? The Past and Present of Black Churches and the Public Sphere by Kendra H. Barber

“…Some argue that despite the historical role of the Black Church in addressing racial inequality, it should not be involved in the public sphere, as there should be a clear separation between church and state. I argue that black churches are filling a gap created by the self-help ideology of a neo-liberal era where addressing the outcomes of contemporary racial inequality is left to private sector organizations, such as churches, rather than the federal government. …”
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Church-state separation, healthcare policy, and religious liberty by Audi, R

“…This paper sketches a framework for the separation of church and state and, with the framework in view, indicates why a government’s maintaining such separation poses challenges for balancing two major democratic ideals: preserving equality before the law and protecting liberty, including religious liberty. …”

Monastery Landscapes and Monkhood Prosopography: Intersection Points by M. Y. Nechayeva

“…The most significant changes in the object database of monastery landscapes in the result of the secularizing reforms of 1764, the decree on the separation of Church and state in 1918 and the revival of religious life in Russia since the end of the 20th century are covered. …”
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Kan die NG Kerk nog �n konstruktiewe rol in die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing speel? by D E de Villiers

“…Although the opportunity for providing such service has been restricted as a result of the loss of influence on the government and the separation of church and state in the new political dispensation, considerable scope still remains. …”
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Intra- and Interreligious Dialogue in Flemish (Belgian) Secondary Education as a Tool to Prevent Radicalisation by Naïma Lafrarchi

“…This article draws an overview of IRE development since 2015 until now regarding the policy incentives concerning the Flemish IRE, taking into account the concept of separation of Church and State. Furthermore, we scrutinise the existing IRE teacher training curricula with regard to the formulated interconvictional competence elements, as these are seen as one of the remedies for radicalisation and polarisation. …”
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The Soka Gakkai Practice of <i>Buppō</i> and the Discourse on Religion in Japan by Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen

“…Contrary to many claims, this did not entail contesting the modern institutional separation of ‘church’ and ‘state’, but is rather an attempt to find legitimacy for participating in ‘Japan-making’ in ways that cannot easily be understood or confined to explanations framed within the ‘religious-secular’ binary system.…”
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Regards allemands sur la Séparation française des Églises et de l’État. Les débats de la presse d’opinion (1905-1907) by Samuel Allaert

“…This article proposes to study the French separation of Church and State from a new and external point of view: that of the German at the beginning of the twentieth century. …”
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LAW AND RELIGION IN THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY AMERICAN STATE by LATYPOVA Nataliya Sergeevna, TULUPOVA Elena Olegovna

“…It is noteworthy that the provision of the First Amendment to the Constitution on the separation of Church and State is still the subject of litigation, reflecting the retained religious motive of the A merican state foundation. …”
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Electoral secularism in Singapore : political responses to homosexuality by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah

“…The concept of electoral secularism is antithetical to the notion that secularism necessarily and always entails a principled stance of separation between church and state.…”
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StateChurch: Bringing Religion to Public Higher Education by Musbah Shaheen, Matthew J. Mayhew, B. Ashley Staples

“…In the U.S., discussions about religion in public life often start at the First Amendment of the U.S. constitution as fundamental to the separation of church and state. Public higher education does not necessarily share established associations with any religion, but is not free from religious influence. …”
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Die reg op godsdiensvryheid in Suid-Afrikaanse skole by I.J. Oosthuizen

“…In Wittmann it was held that the South African constitution did not create a wall of separation between church and state (i.e. schools) and that it is the constitutional right of every person (i.e. the learner and the teacher) at school to "entertain such beliefs as a person chooses". …”
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The relationship between theology and politics in the writings of John Lilburne, Richard Overton and William Walwyn by Russell-Jones, I

“…Thus, while the Levellers' political platform developed as an attempt to translate into reality the separation of church and state that was at the heart of separatist ecclesiology, it failed because of the opposition of the very people whose ideas it was intended to reflect and embody.…”

World Christianities, c.1815-c.1914 / by Gilley, Sheridan., Stanley, Brian, 1953-

Features of sentencing by Moscow revolutionary tribunal for the clergy and believers in 1918–1920 by Vadim Nikonov

“…Kuznetsov") 1919-1920, the Moscow trials ("The 1st and 2nd trials of churchmen") of 1922, which resulted from a campaign to seize church values, the author examines lesser-known cases accusing rural clergy of resisting the Decree on the separation of Church and state and counter-revolutionary activities. …”
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The history of the Society of Jesus in Colombia, 1844-1861 by Martinez, J, Jorge Enrique Salcedo Martinez, S.J.

“…The first return of the Jesuits coincided with the formation of these two parties and the debate over the separation of Church and State. It was after the <em>Guerra de los Supremos</em>, with the defeat of the Liberal Party and victory for the Conservative Party, that the latter passed a law on mission schools that allowed the return of the Society after its exile during colonial times.…”