Government financing religious institutions

[Teresa S. Collett]

At 05:17 AM 12/3/96 -0800, you wrote:
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>Joseph I. Paritzky wrote:
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>>In Israel we have the Ministry of Religion. Unfortunatly we do not have
>>separation between Church and Stae like a normal democraty.
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>>My question is: Does any one of you know if there is a country or a
>>state in the world (democracy or other) which has such a ministry, or who
>>gives financial support to religious institutions. If the answer is yes -
>>please tell me which country it is and where can I obtain information about
>>such support?
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>My impression is that for a country to have an established religion is
>rather common; Israel may go a bit further than most toward being a
>theocracy.  Of course, England has its established church, but I cannot
>describe the the extent or nature of the support the church is given.
>Thailand is officially buddist, and the king regularly participates  in
>buddist ceremonies as part of his official duties.  My understanding is
>that Canada supports religious schools, but I do not know what other
>support to religion is provided.
>
>There must be a book on national varieties of church-state relations.
>
>Bob O'Brien
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The Netherlands also supports religiously affiliated primary and secondary
schools.

Teresa S. Collett
South Texas College of Law>