State religion

=== Other states ===
* The [[State of Deseret]] was an unrecognised provisional [[U.S. state|state]] of the United States, proposed in 1849, by [[Mormon]] settlers in [[Salt Lake City]]. The provisional state existed for slightly over two years, but attempts to gain recognition by the United States government floundered for various reasons. The [[Utah Territory]] which was then founded was under Mormon control, and repeated attempts to gain statehood met resistance, in part due to concerns that the principle of separation of church and state conflicted with the practice of members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] placing their highest value on "following counsel" in virtually all matters relating to their church-centered lives. The state of [[Utah]] was eventually admitted to the union on 4{{nbsp}}January 1896, after the various issues had been resolved.<ref>[http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/statehood_and_the_progressive_era/struggleforstatehood.html Struggle For Statehood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110224120/http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/statehood_and_the_progressive_era/struggleforstatehood.html|date=10 January 2019}} [[Edward Leo Lyman]], ''Utah History Encyclopedia''</ref>
* {{flag|Kingdom of Hawaii}}: From 1862 to 1893 the [[Church of Hawaii]], an Anglican body, was the official state and national church of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* {{flag|Japanese Empire|1870}}: see details in the [[State Shintō]] article.
* {{Flag|Netherlands}}: Article 133 of the 1814 [[Constitution of the Netherlands|Constitution]] stipulated the [[King of the Netherlands|Sovereign Prince]] should be a member of the [[Dutch Reformed Church|Reformed Church]]; this provision was dropped in the 1815 Constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denederlandsegrondwet.nl/9353000/1/j9vvihlf299q0sr/vi6ei64fdgg2|title=Artikel 133: Vorst belijdt de christelijke hervormde Godsdienst – Nederlandse grondwet|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> The 1815 Constitution also provided for a state salary and pension for the priesthood of established religions at the time (Protestantism, Catholicism and Judaism). This settlement, nicknamed ''de zilveren koorde'' (the silver cord), was abolished in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denederlandsegrondwet.nl/9353000/1/j9vvihlf299q0sr/vi6jejckwezy|title=Artikel 194: Traktementen, pensioenen en andere inkomsten – Nederlandse grondwet|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/14622151/Deontknopingvandezilverenkoorde21.pdf!null |title=Info |website=rug.nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003640/1994-01-01|title=wetten.nl – Regeling – Wet beëindiging financiële verhouding tussen Staat en Kerk – BWBR0003640|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref>
* {{flag|Nepal}} was the world's only [[Hindu]] state until 2015, when the new constitution declared it a [[secular state]]. [[Proselytizing]] remains illegal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nepal-adopts-first-full-democratic-charter-today-1219574|title=Nepal Adopts New Constitution, Becomes a Secular State: 5 Facts|date=20 September 2015|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/np/np029en.pdf|title=The Constitution of Nepal|date=20 September 2015|website=wipo.int}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ottoman Empire}}: the [[Millet (Ottoman Empire)|Millet system]] ({{IPA-tr|millet|lang}}; {{lang-ar|مِلَّة}}) was the independent [[court of law]] pertaining to "personal law" under which a [[confessional community]] (a group abiding by the laws of Muslim [[Sharia]], Christian [[Canon law]], or Jewish [[Halakha]]) was allowed to rule itself under its own laws.
* {{flag|Sudan}} had [[Islam in Sudan|Islam]] as the official religion during the rule of [[Omar al-Bashir]] according to the [[Constitution of Sudan]] of 2005.<ref>[[Constitution of Sudan]], [https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Sudan_2005.pdf?lang=en Article 5, paragraph 1].</ref> It was declared a secular state in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/africa/sudan-ends-30-years-of-islamic-law-by-separating-religion-state-1.1599359147751|title=Sudan ends 30 years of Islamic law by separating religion, state|website=gulfnews.com|date=6 September 2020 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon}} sanctioned [[Japanese Buddhism|Buddhism]] and [[Confucianism]] as the state religions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Yamagishi |first=Keiko |editor-last1=Ferrari |editor-first1=Silvio |editor-last2=Cristofori |editor-first2=Rinaldo |title=Law and Religion, An Overview |year=2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzcrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA458 |volume=1 |page=458 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-4094-3600-3 |access-date=16 March 2024 |quote=The Tokugawa Shogunate had sanctioned Buddhism as a state religion. |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531204856/https://books.google.com/books?id=FzcrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA458 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Calabresi2021">{{cite book |last=Calabresi |first=Steven Gow |author-link=Steven Calabresi |title=The History and Growth of Judicial Review |year=2021 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBYoEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA458 |volume=2 |page=116 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780190075750 |access-date=16 March 2024 |quote=Confucianism, with its emphasis on harmony, was the prevailing "state religion", although it coexisted with Shintoism, a religion that worshipped nature gods and that was personified by the emperor. |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531204855/https://books.google.com/books?id=gBYoEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA458 |url-status=live }}</ref> Buddhism became an arm of the shogunate, and temples were used to resident registration. Distinctive schools of Japanese Buddhism such as [[Zen]], [[Pure Land Buddhism|Pure Land]], and [[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren]] structured Japanese religious life until the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tucci |first=Giuseppe |authorlink=Giuseppe Tucci |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism/Korea-and-Japan |title=Buddhism § Korea and Japan |website=britannica.com |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |access-date=16 March 2024 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013194541/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism/Korea-and-Japan |url-status=live }}</ref> Confucian [[Zhu Xi]]'s teaching became a major intellectual force, and the [[Four Books]] became available to virtually every educated person.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tu |first=Weiming |authorlink=Tu Weiming |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Confucianism/The-Confucian-revival |title=Confucianism § The Confucian revival |website=britannica.com |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |access-date=16 March 2024 }}</ref>