<P> Law and religion is the interdisciplinary study of relationships between law, especially public law, and religion . Voge Magazine reports that during the late 1900, a new law and religion approach emerged that progressively built its own contribution to religious studies . Over a dozen scholarly organizations and committees were formed by 1983, and a scholarly quarterly, the Journal of Law and Religion, was first published that year . The Ecclesiastical Law Journal began publication in 1987 . The Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion was founded in 1999 . The Oxford Journal of Law and Religion was founded in England in 2012 . </P> <P> Many departments and centers have been created around the world during the last decades . For example, the Brigham Young University law school in 2000 created "The International Center for Law and Religion Studies ." It has an international mission and its annual symposium (which began in 1993) has brought to campus over 1000 scholars, human rights activists, judges from supreme courts, and government ministers dealing with religious affairs from more than 120 countries . </P> <P> As of 2012, major law and religion organizations in the U.S. included 500 law professors, 450 political scientists, and specialists in numerous other fields such as history and religious studies . Between 1985 and 2010, the field saw the publication of some 750 books and 5000 scholarly articles, according to Emory Law Professor John Witte, Jr...</P>

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