Thursday, April 9, 2009

Religious Monarchies



Monarchies of the World with State Religions

The Kingdom of Bahrain - Sunni Islam
The Kingdom of Bhutan - Tibetan Buddhism
The Sultanate of Brunei - Sunni Islam
The Kingdom of Cambodia - Theravada Buddhism
The Kingdom of Denmark - Church of Denmark (Lutheran)
The Kingdom of England - Church of England (Anglican)
The Kingdom of Jordan - Sunni Islam
The Emirate of Kuwait - Sunni Islam
The Principality of Liechtenstein - Roman Catholic
The Federation of Malaysia - Sunni Islam
The Principality of Monaco - Roman Catholic
The Kingdom of Morocco - Sunni Islam
The Kingdom of Norway - Church of Norway (Lutheran)
The Sultanate of Oman - Ibadi Islam
The Emirate of Qatar - Sunni Islam
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Sunni Islam
The Kingdom of Thailand - Theravada Buddhism
The Kingdom of Tibet (in exile) - Tibetan Buddhism
The United Arab Emirates - Sunni Islam
The State of Vatican City - Roman Catholic

2 comments:

  1. Excuse, the Kingdom of Bahrain is a Sunni Muslim country, with a Shia Muslim majority. I don't think Shia Islam is their state religion.

    Funny word verification: djethr

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  2. Ah, ok. I wondered what was going to be under the heading , " religious monarchies " since, in sum, all monarchies are essentially theological , not idealogical, spring from a theological, not ideological , premise.
    ---And if a monarchy isn't theological , it has a big problem

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