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Jan 2, 2024 · Description. Map of state atheism.svg. English: A colour‐coded world map showing nations that formally practised and currently practise state atheism. Most countries that practise and have practised state atheism were Communist countries, with notable exceptions included France during the French First Republic and Mexico during the Cristero War.
Under the doctrine of state atheism in the Soviet Union, there was a "government-sponsored program of forced conversion to atheism" conducted by the Communists, with the LMG at the forefront of this campaign. Many priests were killed and imprisoned. Thousands of churches were closed, some turned into hospitals. 1929 Congress
State Shintō (国家神道 or 國家神道, Kokka Shintō) was Imperial Japan 's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto. [1] : 547 The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests [2] [3] : 59 [4] : 120 to strongly encourage Shinto practices that emphasized the Emperor as a divine ...
Jewish atheism refers to the atheism of people who are ethnically and (at least to some extent) culturally Jewish. Contrary to popular belief, the term "Jewish atheism" is not a contradiction because Jewish identity encompasses not only religious components, but also ethnic and cultural ones. Jewish law 's emphasis on descent through the mother ...
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Irreligion in Mexico refers to atheism, deism, religious skepticism, secularism, and secular humanism in Mexican society, which was a confessional state after independence from Imperial Spain. The first political constitution of the Mexican United States, enacted in 1824, stipulated that Roman Catholicism was the national religion in perpetuity ...
Soviet authorities forbade the criticism of atheism and agnosticism or of the state's anti-religious policies, until 1936; such criticism could lead to forced retirement. [26] [27] [28] Militant atheism became central to the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a high priority policy of all Soviet leaders. [29]
