The term applies to all democratic countries in which religion is incorporated into the form of government.
[2] The definition of democracy is disputed and interpreted differently amongst politicians and scholars.
The religiosity of political leaders can also have an effect on the practice of democracy.
[3] Major criticism of religious democracy include criticism from the secular and the legalist points of view.
[4][5] Historical democracies with state sponsored religious laws: Contemporary countries which claim to be democracies with state religions: