What Is Religion and politics?

Religious political ideologies base law, authority or public life on religious teaching, from Christian democracy's social teaching to theocracy. They differ widely on economics and on democracy. The Atlas covers 8 religious ideologies, listed below with their estimated positions.

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Religion and politics explained

Religious political ideologies base law, authority or public life on religious teaching, from Christian democracy's social teaching to theocracy. They differ widely on economics and on democracy.

Atlas definition: written by The Ideology Atlas. Writers and movements define ideologies in different ways; this is a short working definition. Further reading: Wikipedia: Religion in politics.

Core ideas

Religion as a source of political authority or law.
Very different views on economics, democracy and pluralism within the family.
Ranges from mainstream parties (Christian democracy) to theocracy.

Types of religion and politics on the Atlas

Ideology	Economic	Social	Authority
Christian Nationalism	54	98	65
Integralism	43	100	82
Theoconservatism	61	99	66
Political Catholicism	54	90	36
Islamism	47	100	80
Christian Reconstructionism	80	100	86
Religious Socialism	22	80	45
Theocracy	48	100	90

Economic: 0 collective/planned – 100 market. Social: 0 progressive – 100 traditional. Authority: 0 libertarian – 100 authoritarian. How these are calculated.

Average position of the family

Map dimension	Score (0–100)	Reading
Economic Collective / planned ↔ Market	51	near the center
Social Progressive ↔ Traditional	96	strongly toward traditional
Authority Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian	69	toward authoritarian
National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist	85	toward nationalist
Foreign policy Non-intervention ↔ Intervention	34	toward non-intervention

Simple average of the 8 ideologies above; the family is a grouping used by the Atlas, not a single doctrine.