KnowraState atheismLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to State atheism, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 2Related 1Compared with 6SecularismCompared with: It shows that hostility to religion is not the same as impartial secular governance.Political theologyCompared with: It reverses religious legitimation by making state power an instrument of official irreligion.Civil religionCompared with: Its official rejection of religion differs from civil religion’s use of sacred language in public life.AnticlericalismCompared with: Unlike anticlericalism, it can oppose religion itself rather than clerical power specifically.National churchCompared with: It represents a political arrangement opposed to official support for a national church.Demographics of atheismCompared with: Government policy is distinct from the population's privately held beliefs.