Knowledge

Religious rejection of politics

Source 📝

78:
In other religious systems it can relate to a rejection of nationalism or even the concept of nations. In certain schools of Islamic thinking, nations are a creation of Western imperialism and ultimately all Muslims should be united religiously in the
117:
Lastly, some religions do not specifically reject politics per se, but believe existing political systems are so inherently corrupt they must be ignored. In some respects the view of governments as apostate relates to that. In the early stages of the
122:, for example, many adherents rejected the idea of voting because the US political system was rejected in strong terms. In recent decades, however, this view has declined in popularity among Nation of Islam adherents or been rejected outright. In 75:, do not take part in partisan politics. They neither endorse particular candidates, or join political parties. They are told to vote their consciences as individuals. If asked to register they tend to do so as independent. 63:
reject politics on the grounds: Christ's statements about His kingdom not belonging to this world means that earthly politics can or must be rejected. Not necessarily all forms of politics are rejected. For example, among the
145:
cited religious reasons. The same survey reported that 22% of voting-age Americans are not registered to vote, meaning that 0.4% of all voting-age Americans did not register to vote for religious reasons.
114:
being created before the return of the Messiah, therefore members of this group refuse to vote in Israel. This group does not reject all politics, but it does reject participation in Israeli politics.
1080: 98:
that hint at this. Likewise various Christian denominations reject any involvement in national issues considering it to be a kind of idolatry called
514: 839: 1158: 19:
is a philosophy that can be found in a life of contemplation of nature. Adherents to this way of life find it preferable, while some
1086: 142: 1204: 429: 723: 878: 507: 1548: 1173: 1218: 588: 551: 1790: 1646: 766: 500: 421: 459: 1707: 1075: 898: 884: 1736: 1626: 1358: 1246: 1010: 989: 155: 1402: 1142: 1099: 690: 583: 1553: 813: 1483: 1731: 1713: 1702: 965: 873: 845: 126:, voting in elections deemed 'non-democratic' is not permitted and namely affects believers in the 107: 654: 1697: 919: 1374: 1339: 1104: 659: 176: 44: 1741: 1257: 1211: 970: 912: 708: 679: 1448: 1318: 905: 639: 598: 523: 383: 373: 236: 123: 191: 72: 8: 1664: 1606: 1345: 1153: 1048: 1004: 868: 858: 834: 829: 718: 664: 649: 624: 467: 311: 1726: 1654: 1621: 1578: 1573: 1280: 1120: 1094: 994: 975: 941: 927: 733: 684: 669: 644: 403: 281: 206: 65: 60: 981: 863: 1611: 1558: 1503: 1441: 1412: 1353: 1299: 1236: 1226: 1183: 1168: 1053: 1033: 1023: 892: 853: 634: 616: 603: 425: 1748: 1669: 1659: 1543: 1538: 1417: 1334: 1231: 1193: 957: 824: 759: 728: 698: 575: 545: 476: 471: 378: 266: 95: 68:, running for office is not allowed but voting is only discouraged, not forbidden. 48: 1178: 1382: 1188: 1018: 999: 933: 713: 411: 326: 119: 1568: 1467: 1329: 1291: 1114: 951: 784: 774: 753: 564: 407: 363: 131: 103: 1721: 1784: 1523: 1516: 1478: 1241: 1109: 1070: 1058: 946: 779: 738: 674: 559: 229: 184: 127: 84: 1488: 102:. Most Christians who rejected the idea of nations have associated with the 1775: 1753: 1632: 1616: 1407: 1397: 1265: 1038: 441: 341: 319: 141:
In the United States, a 2006 survey indicated that 2% of those who did not
40: 1639: 1498: 1392: 1275: 1065: 1043: 1028: 593: 569: 368: 149: 1530: 1431: 1387: 748: 743: 492: 296: 99: 56: 20: 1563: 1493: 789: 417: 289: 274: 251: 1509: 1367: 1270: 1251: 794: 629: 609: 88: 28: 24: 1436: 1423: 1285: 1163: 214: 1198: 349: 304: 244: 135: 111: 334: 221: 199: 80: 52: 259: 402: 31:
also reject political involvement for different reasons.
94:
There are some aspects of the early days of the radical
87:
as nations, in the Western sense, are basically deemed
150:
Religious groups that reject participation in politics
1081:
Relations between the Catholic Church and the state
1782: 812: 508: 515: 501: 1596: 1466: 1317: 522: 453: 451: 1783: 1141: 1686: 1595: 1465: 1316: 1140: 811: 534: 496: 457: 724:Religious views on same-sex marriage 535: 448: 13: 458:Morin, Richard, ed. (2006-10-18). 83:. Therefore, Muslims should be in 14: 1802: 1769: 589:Constitutional references to God 552:Anti-clericalism and Freemasonry 704:Religious rejection of politics 460:Who Votes, Who Doesn't, and Why 17:Religious rejection of politics 1647:Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism 767:Separation of church and state 422:Johns Hopkins University Press 396: 1: 1776:Radical Rejection of Politics 389: 899:German Christians (movement) 885:Evangelical environmentalism 406:; Johnson-Weiner, Karen M.; 34: 7: 1737:Religious aspects of Nazism 990:Christian reconstructionism 357: 156:Political quietism in Islam 10: 1807: 1403:Jewish political movements 879:Christian environmentalism 691:Religion and peacebuilding 153: 71:Others, like those of the 1693: 1687: 1682: 1602: 1591: 1474: 1461: 1325: 1312: 1149: 1136: 820: 814:Christianity and politics 807: 541: 530: 1703:Disestablishmentarianism 966:Christian libertarianism 874:Christian egalitarianism 835:Christian anti-communism 1698:American civil religion 1607:Buddhist anti-communism 920:Protestant Reich Church 1549:Hindu environmentalism 1375:Revisionist Maximalism 854:Christian anti-Zionism 840:Christian anti-Masonry 660:Religious anti-Zionism 655:Religious anti-Masonry 108:Satmar Hasidic Judaism 1791:Religion and politics 1742:Creativity (religion) 1597:Buddhism and politics 1468:Hinduism and politics 1159:Human Rights in Islam 1076:Political Catholicism 982:Christian peacemaking 971:Christian nationalism 913:Positive Christianity 864:Christian corporatism 709:Religious segregation 680:Religious nationalism 110:rejects the state of 1732:Neopaganist feminism 1627:Buddhist nationalism 1449:World Agudath Israel 1319:Judaism and politics 1179:Islamic anti-Zionism 1174:Islamic anti-Masonry 906:National Catholicism 714:Religious separatism 640:Organized secularism 599:Engaged Spirituality 524:Religion in politics 424:. pp. 361–362. 384:Religion in politics 374:Political alienation 1665:Humanistic Buddhism 1340:Jewish anti-Zionism 1154:Hui pan-nationalism 1049:Liberation theology 1005:Christian socialism 869:Christian democracy 859:Christian communism 830:Christian anarchism 719:Religious socialism 665:Religious communism 650:Religious anarchism 625:Freedom of religion 468:Pew Research Center 404:Kraybill, Donald B. 177:Jehovah's Witnesses 45:Jehovah's Witnesses 43:, some groups like 1727:Khalistan movement 1655:Buddhist socialism 1622:Buddhist modernism 1579:Uniform civil code 1281:Political quietism 1143:Islam and politics 1121:Neo-ultramontanism 1095:Sphere sovereignty 995:Christian republic 976:Christian pacifism 942:Christian humanism 928:Christian feminism 734:Secular liberalism 685:Religious pacifism 670:Religious humanism 645:Political religion 282:Exclusive Brethren 61:Exclusive Brethren 1766: 1765: 1762: 1761: 1716: 1678: 1677: 1649: 1642: 1635: 1612:Buddhist feminism 1587: 1586: 1559:Indigenous Aryans 1554:Integral humanism 1533: 1526: 1519: 1512: 1504:Hindu nationalism 1457: 1456: 1426: 1413:Jewish secularism 1377: 1370: 1354:Jewish Autonomism 1348: 1308: 1307: 1300:Two-nation theory 1294: 1260: 1237:Islamic socialism 1221: 1214: 1207: 1184:Islamic democracy 1169:Islamic anarchism 1132: 1131: 1123: 1089: 1054:Maronite politics 1034:Dominion Theology 1024:Christian Zionism 1013: 984: 960: 936: 922: 915: 908: 901: 893:Christian fascism 887: 848: 803: 802: 769: 762: 693: 635:Identity politics 619: 617:Womanist theology 612: 604:Feminist theology 578: 554: 431:978-1-4214-0914-6 355: 354: 1798: 1749:Personality cult 1712: 1684: 1683: 1670:Secular Buddhism 1660:Engaged Buddhism 1645: 1638: 1631: 1593: 1592: 1544:Hindu revivalism 1539:Hindu revolution 1529: 1522: 1515: 1508: 1463: 1462: 1422: 1418:Jewish socialism 1373: 1366: 1359:Jewish democracy 1344: 1335:Jewish anarchism 1314: 1313: 1290: 1256: 1232:Islamic republic 1227:Islamic pacifism 1217: 1210: 1203: 1194:Islamic feminism 1138: 1137: 1119: 1085: 1009: 980: 958:Evangelical left 956: 932: 918: 911: 904: 897: 883: 844: 825:Blaine Amendment 809: 808: 765: 760:Secular religion 758: 729:Secular humanism 699:Religious police 689: 615: 608: 576:Clerical fascism 574: 550: 546:Anti-clericalism 536:General concepts 532: 531: 517: 510: 503: 494: 493: 487: 486: 484: 483: 477:Washington, D.C. 472:Associated Press 464: 455: 446: 445: 439: 438: 400: 379:Political apathy 267:Christadelphians 169:Largest national 160: 159: 143:register to vote 96:Takfir wal-Hijra 49:Christadelphians 1806: 1805: 1801: 1800: 1799: 1797: 1796: 1795: 1781: 1780: 1772: 1767: 1758: 1689: 1674: 1598: 1583: 1499:Hindu modernism 1470: 1453: 1398:Jewish pacifism 1383:Jewish feminism 1363:Jewish fascism 1321: 1304: 1247:Islamic Zionism 1189:Islamic fascism 1145: 1128: 1019:Christian state 1000:Christian right 934:Mormon feminism 816: 799: 584:Confessionalism 537: 526: 521: 491: 490: 481: 479: 462: 456: 449: 436: 434: 432: 408:Nolt, Steven M. 401: 397: 392: 360: 327:Tablighi Jamaat 222:Old Order Amish 170: 158: 152: 120:Nation of Islam 66:Old Order Amish 37: 12: 11: 5: 1804: 1794: 1793: 1779: 1778: 1771: 1770:External links 1768: 1764: 1763: 1760: 1759: 1757: 1756: 1751: 1746: 1745: 1744: 1734: 1729: 1724: 1719: 1718: 1717: 1705: 1700: 1694: 1691: 1690: 1680: 1679: 1676: 1675: 1673: 1672: 1667: 1662: 1657: 1652: 1651: 1650: 1643: 1636: 1624: 1619: 1614: 1609: 1603: 1600: 1599: 1589: 1588: 1585: 1584: 1582: 1581: 1576: 1571: 1569:Saffronisation 1566: 1561: 1556: 1551: 1546: 1541: 1536: 1535: 1534: 1527: 1520: 1513: 1501: 1496: 1491: 1486: 1484:Hindu feminism 1481: 1475: 1472: 1471: 1459: 1458: 1455: 1454: 1452: 1451: 1446: 1445: 1444: 1434: 1429: 1428: 1427: 1415: 1410: 1405: 1400: 1395: 1390: 1385: 1380: 1379: 1378: 1371: 1361: 1356: 1351: 1350: 1349: 1337: 1332: 1330:Halachic state 1326: 1323: 1322: 1310: 1309: 1306: 1305: 1303: 1302: 1297: 1296: 1295: 1292:Talibanization 1283: 1278: 1273: 1268: 1263: 1262: 1261: 1249: 1244: 1239: 1234: 1229: 1224: 1223: 1222: 1215: 1208: 1196: 1191: 1186: 1181: 1176: 1171: 1166: 1161: 1156: 1150: 1147: 1146: 1134: 1133: 1130: 1129: 1127: 1126: 1125: 1124: 1115:Ultramontanism 1112: 1107: 1105:Temporal power 1102: 1097: 1092: 1091: 1090: 1078: 1073: 1068: 1063: 1062: 1061: 1051: 1046: 1041: 1036: 1031: 1026: 1021: 1016: 1015: 1014: 1002: 997: 992: 987: 986: 985: 973: 968: 963: 962: 961: 952:Christian left 949: 944: 939: 938: 937: 925: 924: 923: 916: 909: 902: 890: 889: 888: 876: 871: 866: 861: 856: 851: 850: 849: 837: 832: 827: 821: 818: 817: 805: 804: 801: 800: 798: 797: 792: 787: 785:State religion 782: 777: 775:Spiritual left 772: 771: 770: 763: 754:Secularization 751: 746: 741: 736: 731: 726: 721: 716: 711: 706: 701: 696: 695: 694: 682: 677: 672: 667: 662: 657: 652: 647: 642: 637: 632: 627: 622: 621: 620: 613: 601: 596: 591: 586: 581: 580: 579: 567: 565:Civil religion 562: 557: 556: 555: 542: 539: 538: 528: 527: 520: 519: 512: 505: 497: 489: 488: 447: 430: 394: 393: 391: 388: 387: 386: 381: 376: 371: 366: 364:Anti-democracy 359: 356: 353: 352: 347: 344: 338: 337: 332: 329: 323: 322: 317: 314: 312:Purist Salafis 308: 307: 302: 299: 293: 292: 287: 284: 278: 277: 272: 269: 263: 262: 257: 254: 248: 247: 242: 239: 233: 232: 227: 224: 218: 217: 212: 209: 203: 202: 197: 194: 188: 187: 182: 179: 173: 172: 167: 164: 151: 148: 132:United Kingdom 104:Christian Left 36: 33: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1803: 1792: 1789: 1788: 1786: 1777: 1774: 1773: 1755: 1752: 1750: 1747: 1743: 1740: 1739: 1738: 1735: 1733: 1730: 1728: 1725: 1723: 1720: 1715: 1711: 1710: 1709: 1708:Imperial cult 1706: 1704: 1701: 1699: 1696: 1695: 1692: 1685: 1681: 1671: 1668: 1666: 1663: 1661: 1658: 1656: 1653: 1648: 1644: 1641: 1637: 1634: 1630: 1629: 1628: 1625: 1623: 1620: 1618: 1615: 1613: 1610: 1608: 1605: 1604: 1601: 1594: 1590: 1580: 1577: 1575: 1572: 1570: 1567: 1565: 1562: 1560: 1557: 1555: 1552: 1550: 1547: 1545: 1542: 1540: 1537: 1532: 1528: 1525: 1524:Panun Kashmir 1521: 1518: 1517:Hindu Rashtra 1514: 1511: 1507: 1506: 1505: 1502: 1500: 1497: 1495: 1492: 1490: 1487: 1485: 1482: 1480: 1479:Akhand Bharat 1477: 1476: 1473: 1469: 1464: 1460: 1450: 1447: 1443: 1440: 1439: 1438: 1435: 1433: 1430: 1425: 1421: 1420: 1419: 1416: 1414: 1411: 1409: 1406: 1404: 1401: 1399: 1396: 1394: 1391: 1389: 1386: 1384: 1381: 1376: 1372: 1369: 1365: 1364: 1362: 1360: 1357: 1355: 1352: 1347: 1343: 1342: 1341: 1338: 1336: 1333: 1331: 1328: 1327: 1324: 1320: 1315: 1311: 1301: 1298: 1293: 1289: 1288: 1287: 1284: 1282: 1279: 1277: 1274: 1272: 1269: 1267: 1264: 1259: 1255: 1254: 1253: 1250: 1248: 1245: 1243: 1242:Islamic state 1240: 1238: 1235: 1233: 1230: 1228: 1225: 1220: 1219:In South Asia 1216: 1213: 1209: 1206: 1202: 1201: 1200: 1197: 1195: 1192: 1190: 1187: 1185: 1182: 1180: 1177: 1175: 1172: 1170: 1167: 1165: 1162: 1160: 1157: 1155: 1152: 1151: 1148: 1144: 1139: 1135: 1122: 1118: 1117: 1116: 1113: 1111: 1110:Theodemocracy 1108: 1106: 1103: 1101: 1098: 1096: 1093: 1088: 1084: 1083: 1082: 1079: 1077: 1074: 1072: 1071:Pillarisation 1069: 1067: 1064: 1060: 1059:Phoenicianism 1057: 1056: 1055: 1052: 1050: 1047: 1045: 1042: 1040: 1037: 1035: 1032: 1030: 1027: 1025: 1022: 1020: 1017: 1012: 1008: 1007: 1006: 1003: 1001: 998: 996: 993: 991: 988: 983: 979: 978: 977: 974: 972: 969: 967: 964: 959: 955: 954: 953: 950: 948: 947:Christian law 945: 943: 940: 935: 931: 930: 929: 926: 921: 917: 914: 910: 907: 903: 900: 896: 895: 894: 891: 886: 882: 881: 880: 877: 875: 872: 870: 867: 865: 862: 860: 857: 855: 852: 847: 843: 842: 841: 838: 836: 833: 831: 828: 826: 823: 822: 819: 815: 810: 806: 796: 793: 791: 788: 786: 783: 781: 780:State atheism 778: 776: 773: 768: 764: 761: 757: 756: 755: 752: 750: 747: 745: 742: 740: 739:Secular state 737: 735: 732: 730: 727: 725: 722: 720: 717: 715: 712: 710: 707: 705: 702: 700: 697: 692: 688: 687: 686: 683: 681: 678: 676: 675:Religious law 673: 671: 668: 666: 663: 661: 658: 656: 653: 651: 648: 646: 643: 641: 638: 636: 633: 631: 628: 626: 623: 618: 614: 611: 607: 606: 605: 602: 600: 597: 595: 592: 590: 587: 585: 582: 577: 573: 572: 571: 568: 566: 563: 561: 560:Caesaropapism 558: 553: 549: 548: 547: 544: 543: 540: 533: 529: 525: 518: 513: 511: 506: 504: 499: 498: 495: 478: 474: 473: 469: 461: 454: 452: 443: 433: 427: 423: 419: 415: 414: 409: 405: 399: 395: 385: 382: 380: 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 361: 351: 348: 345: 343: 340: 339: 336: 333: 330: 328: 325: 324: 321: 318: 315: 313: 310: 309: 306: 303: 300: 298: 295: 294: 291: 288: 285: 283: 280: 279: 276: 273: 270: 268: 265: 264: 261: 258: 255: 253: 250: 249: 246: 243: 240: 238: 235: 234: 231: 230:United States 228: 225: 223: 220: 219: 216: 213: 210: 208: 205: 204: 201: 198: 195: 193: 190: 189: 186: 185:United States 183: 180: 178: 175: 174: 168: 165: 162: 161: 157: 147: 144: 139: 137: 133: 129: 128:United States 125: 121: 115: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 92: 90: 86: 82: 76: 74: 69: 67: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 32: 30: 26: 22: 18: 1754:State Shinto 1714:Ancient Rome 1633:969 Movement 1617:Buddhist law 1408:Jewish right 1266:Islamization 1100:Subsidiarity 1087:In Argentina 1039:Febronianism 703: 466: 442:Google Books 440:– via 435:. Retrieved 412: 398: 320:Saudi Arabia 207:Rastafarians 192:Baháʼí Faith 140: 116: 93: 77: 73:Baháʼí Faith 70: 41:Christianity 38: 16: 15: 1722:Gottgläubig 1640:Nichirenism 1393:Jewish left 1276:Petro-Islam 1212:In Pakistan 1066:Papal state 1044:Gallicanism 1029:Cisalpinism 594:Divine rule 570:Clericalism 369:Apoliticism 171:membership 23:schools of 1564:Rama Rajya 1531:Bangabhumi 1432:Poale Zion 1388:Jewish law 1205:by country 1199:Sharia law 749:Secularity 744:Secularism 482:2020-10-16 480:Retrieved 475:(Report). 437:2018-08-10 390:References 297:Doukhobors 154:See also: 100:statolatry 59:, and the 57:Hutterites 1494:Hindu law 1442:Religious 1258:Criticism 846:Papal ban 790:Theocracy 418:Baltimore 413:The Amish 290:Australia 275:Australia 252:Shaykhiya 237:Hellenism 196:6,000,000 181:8,200,000 166:Adherents 124:Hellenism 35:Adherents 1785:Category 1510:Hindutva 1489:Gandhism 1368:Kahanism 1271:Khilafat 1252:Islamism 795:Theonomy 630:Humanism 610:Thealogy 410:(2013). 358:See also 163:Religion 89:apostate 29:Buddhism 25:Hinduism 1574:Shuddhi 1437:Zionism 1424:Bundism 1346:Haredim 1286:Taliban 1164:Imamate 1011:In Utah 256:100,000 241:120,000 226:318,000 215:Jamaica 211:600,000 21:ascetic 428:  350:Turkey 305:Canada 286:40,000 271:50,000 245:Greece 136:Russia 134:, and 130:, the 112:Israel 55:, the 51:, the 47:, the 1688:Other 463:(PDF) 342:Nurcu 335:India 301:3,000 200:India 85:hijra 81:ummah 53:Amish 470:and 426:ISBN 260:Iraq 138:. 91:. 39:In 27:or 1787:: 465:. 450:^ 420:: 416:. 106:. 516:e 509:t 502:v 485:. 444:. 346:— 331:— 316:—

Index

ascetic
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Jehovah's Witnesses
Christadelphians
Amish
Hutterites
Exclusive Brethren
Old Order Amish
Baháʼí Faith
ummah
hijra
apostate
Takfir wal-Hijra
statolatry
Christian Left
Satmar Hasidic Judaism
Israel
Nation of Islam
Hellenism
United States
United Kingdom
Russia
register to vote
Political quietism in Islam
Jehovah's Witnesses
United States
Baháʼí Faith
India

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.