State Religious Policy

Abstract

This chapter discusses the origin of the state religious policy. Establishment of a policy, including religious policy, depends directly on the concrete situation and the policy maker's understanding of the subject. In the process of making concrete policy, religion was supported, but controlled and transformed at the same time. This was the result of a comprehensive understanding of all aspects. The chapter examines religious policies as a social phenomenon. State religious policy in the Six Dynasties had the following traits, policies were original and innovative, policies had a regional character, policies had an imperfect, random, and subjective character, policies granted freedom of religious belief, during the process of establishing state religious policy, eminent representatives of the various religions were invited to participate in discussions, and their suggestions were listened to and adopted and the policies had a very unstable character. Keywords: Six Dynasties; state religious policy