They continue to have an impact on women's involvement in public religion and on social attitude towards 'the female'.

Nine of the thirteen colonies had official public religions.

Although less documented than public religion, private religious practices addressed aspects of life that were exclusive to women.

- A critical stance on the debate about public religion and post-secularity.

The priesthoods of public religion were held by members of the elite classes.

Human sacrifice had always been rare at Rome, and was formally abolished as a part of public religion about fifty years earlier.

Each triad held a central place in the public religion of Rome during its time.

Therefore, public religion was a vital necessity in maintaining the public morals.

Thus, while "public religion" was an important source of social virtue, it was not the only source.

Denied public religion for more than four decades, the whole Romanian capital became an open-air church.