Establishment refers to the formal recognition and support of a particular religion or belief system by a government, often resulting in preferential treatment or funding. Disestablishment, on the other hand, is the process of removing such official support, leading to a separation between church and state. This can involve abolishing state funding for religious institutions and ensuring that no single religion is favored over others in public policy. The concepts are often discussed in the context of promoting religious freedom and pluralism.
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Malcolm MacCall has written: 'Is there not a cause?' -- subject(s): Church of Ireland, Establishment and disestablishment
J. T. Ball has written: 'Irish church question' -- subject(s): Establishment and disestablishment, Church of Ireland
There is no opposite to "an institution" (establishment, foundation, company). However, the noun institution (establishing, beginning) can have the opposites disestablishment, decommissioning, ending, cessation, or closing.
Henry William Parkinson has written: 'The true reason why the nonconformists can and will celebrate the bi-centenary of the ejectment in 1662' -- subject(s): Church of England, Dissenters, Religious, Establishment and disestablishment, Religious Dissenters 'Modern pleas for state-churches examined' -- subject(s): Church and state, Church of England, Dissenters, Religious, Establishment and disestablishment, Religious Dissenters
A. Gordon McGillivray has written: 'Nairn and the Disruption (1843-1973)' -- subject(s): Church history, Church of Scotland, Establishment and disestablishment
Disestablishment
antidisestablishmentarianism
to be against the disestablishment of a church or religious body
the longest word in the English alphabet and it means to be against disestablishment's
Robert Buchanan has written: 'Notes of a clerical furlough' -- subject(s): Description and travel 'The Presbyteries of the Church of Scotland threatened with imprisonment in the discharge of their official duty' -- subject(s): Church of Scotland, Church of Scotland. Presbytery of Dunkeld, Church and state, Appointment, call, and election, Clergy 'The ten years' conflict' -- subject(s): Church of Scotland, Establishment and disestablishment, Church and state in Scotland, History, Church history, Church and state, Presbyterianism 'Speech of the Rev. Robert Buchanan, on the independence of the church' -- subject(s): Church of Scotland, Controversial literature, Establishment and disestablishment, Church and state
As of now, the United States had several states with established religions in its early history, particularly in the colonial period. By the time the Constitution was ratified in 1788, some states, like Massachusetts and Connecticut, maintained official state religions. However, the First Amendment's Establishment Clause effectively prohibited the federal government from establishing a religion, leading to the eventual disestablishment of state-sponsored religions. By the 1830s, most states had moved away from religious establishment.