The soft version, on the other hand, as described by Sociologist Rodney Stark of Baylor University,centers solely on the physical separation of the state from the church; it is making no explicit claim about the nature of man. Upon being enacted, this separation ends any influence religion has over state affairs. Religion is stripped of all authority in terms of the state and holds no power over policy direction or the various public

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