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Religious citizenship refers to the rights afforded an individual through legal means in regard to their form of worship, or the general social equality of an individual based on one's specific religion and its perception within the community. The term 'religious citizen' is largely exploratory due to its underused nature in the Western world. The West has classically pushed for separation of church and state, and because citizenship is generally formed at the state level, the terms religion and citizen are rarely seen together. Religious citizenship is not a specific type of citizenship such as national or state citizenship, but more an aspect of one's current citizenship status within their place of residence. ==Concept Introduction== Religious citizenship is based in the civil society of a nation-state. Civil society involves the roles that individuals play in a community. From this perspective, citizenship is an idea revolving around the society itself (and the interactions of those within it), not the legal definition of citizenship. This type of citizenship, more specifically, does not focus on what is given, but more on what role the individual chooses to use in their social interactions. The shift from the legal nature of the citizen allows for a broader category of citizenship definitions that can include an identity based person-hood that is derived from the individual, not the state. Other forms of citizenship that would follow this trend would be those based in race and gender. With this theme of citizenship specified, it is then possible to explain what religious citizenship actually is. Religious citizenship is an identity that an individual can choose as their form of citizenship within their community. At the state level, the freedom of a person in regards to religion (or lack thereof) can be used to meld what this citizenship looks like in an individual. If a citizen of the state wishes to be viewed as a person where their religion is relevant to their identity, it may be advantageous to define oneself as a religious citizen. Defining oneself as a religious citizen would have increased application within a state that in itself is religious. It is relevant for a citizen to define him or herself as a religious citizen when the state that this individual resides in uses ecclesiastical courts and uses religious scriptures as the basis for law. An individual within such a state would, in theory, be a religious citizen in a legal sense as well as a civil one. Even in locations where separation of church and state is apparent in law, religious citizenship would still apply. Defining an individual as secular would still be under the definition of religious citizenship, because it defines this person as specifically not holding a religious identity. In places such as the United States, where law is based in religious doctrine in practice, if not officially; an individual would be able to find common ground with the state on the basis of shared ideals. Religion is, and has always been, a very fundamental part of the human condition. Regardless of the official nature of this sector of human society, its neglect in the world of the nation-state can easily be seen as a neglect of an entire part of what makes society function. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religious citizenship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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