Secular state - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A secular state is a state that does not have a state religion or a theocracy, instead advocating secularism and a separation of church and state. Most states in the world today are secular states.[1]
List of secular countries
[change | change source]There are two types of secular countries:
- Constitutionally secular countries
- Countries that practice state atheism
Africa
[change | change source]Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mozambique
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Americas
[change | change source]Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Panama
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Asia
[change | change source]Europe
[change | change source]Oceania
[change | change source]Partially-recognised countries
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[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Madeley, John T. S. and Zsolt Enyedi, Church and state in contemporary Europe: the chimera of neutrality, p. 14, 2003 Routledge