- Some scholars believe that there is a strong link between Christianity and the democratic movement
- Religious groups strongly favor in-group believers then out-group non-believers thus they are more likely to support political officials which subscribe to their religion.
- Religions can be seen as a powerful political force 
- Religions have a past of violence and some believe that some religions (doctrine)  may use their doctrine in order to legitimate the use of violence  


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Scholars are divided in whether religious groups reflect and/or reinforce politically-relevant divisions that could affect which party or government group is in charge. This could end in a  possible regime change.

Politically Relevant Divisions: Religious Contentious Collective Action

Tao, Y. Agitators, Tranquilizers, or Something Else: Do Religious Groups Increase or Decrease Contentious Collective Action?. Religions 2018, 9(7), 213; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9070213.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/7/213


Agitators, Tranquilizers, or Something Else: Do Religious Groups Increase or Decrease Contentious Collective Action?

Politically Relevant Divisions: Great influence of religious institutions on government 

- Scholars disagree that religious institutions are the main trigger for contentious collective action
-Believe that other social and political institutions are just as violent or willing to participate in contentious collective action if not more the religious institutions
-Some scholars believe that religious institutions are brought into the unrest through positions and their politicals bids for support 

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