Society and Politics

Core tenets that state how religious belief should shape or relate to political authority, law and the organization of society at large, beyond the internal life of the community of believers. This includes tenets on the proper relationship between religious and civil authority, doctrines of a just or divinely sanctioned ruler, teachings on a religion's role in shaping civil law, and tenets on how the faithful should relate to a surrounding society that does not share the faith. A tenet about the internal governance of the religious community itself belongs instead under religious authority and succession, and a tenet about who counts as a member belongs under community and its boundaries.