This study develops and examines the concept of hegemonic religion and its relationship with democracy. A religion is hegemonic not only when the state grants that religion exclusive material and political privileges and benefits, but also when the religion is a core element of national identity and citizenship. We empirically examine the link between hegemonic religion and democracy using the Religion and State round 2 (RAS2), Polity, and CIRI datasets. We specifically use religious education policy, financing of religion, and religiously based laws as measures of the extent of religious hegemony in a state. We find that the presence of these religiously hegemonic traits, especially in combination, is strongly associated with a lack of democracy. However, it is possible for democracies to have some hegemonic features but not all of them.

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制度关系比文明冲突更重要：宗教何时，如何与民主兼容？

这项研究发展并检验了霸权宗教的概念及其与民主的关系。宗教不仅是国家的独裁者，而且在政治上是民族身份和公民权的核心要素时，它是霸权主义。我们使用宗教和国家第二回合（RAS2），政体和CIRI数据集，从经验上考察了霸权宗教与民主之间的联系。我们专门使用宗教教育政策，宗教融资和基于宗教的法律来衡量一个国家宗教霸权的程度。我们发现，这些宗教霸权特征的存在，特别是两者的结合，与缺乏民主紧密相关。但是，民主国家有可能具有某些霸权特征，但不是全部。