ABSTRACT
Constitutions relate to religion. Religion is a central topic of constitutions throughout the world. Some sort of separation between churches or other religious communities and the state is predominant. Religion is finding new places in national constitutions. The relationship between religion and the law is newly defined in a number of these basic laws. A number of constitutions add specific provisions viewing religions as institutions, a special institutional approach. This may be viewed as a somewhat ancient approach, outdated by individual human rights. Secularization can be understood as the people turning away from religion. The secular state is a state of separation between the two spheres, with the state on the secular side and religion on the side of the sacred. Neutrality has become another way of structuring the relationship between state law and religion. It seems to be a concept first or at least most intensively used in state law.
