NEBULA7.4 , December, 2010 I am pleased to present this special issue of Nebula and to both welcome and thank this issue's special editors: Robert Imre and Jim Jose. This special issue is centred on the ongoing marriage and divorce between State, Nation and Religion in predominantly modern contexts. Beyond the high calibre of the research gathered and presented here, I was particularly pleased to find a diversity of opinions and perspectives that ring true with Nebula 's interest in broad range and scope. And so, without any further ado, I present this year's final and special issue. Nebula 7.4: Religion and Nation Note on contributors i-iv Robert Imre & Jim Jose. "Religion and Nation: Modernity, Secularism and Politics." 1-11 Jim Jose. Political Rule: Still in Thrall of Gods and Masters?12-19 Desmond Brennan. " The Religious Dimension of Polands Relations with its Eastern Neighbours." 20-25 Guy Charlton & Barry Brunette. "Colonialism and Civilisation: the Impact of 'Civilisation' Policies on Suppressing Indigenous Religious Practices in American Jurisprudence." 26-36 Stephen Chavura. The Separation of Religion and State: Context and Meaning. 37-46 Christine Doran. The Chinese Origins of Democracy: Dynamic Confucianism in Singapore. 47-53 Martin Drum. Is Faith a no go area in Modern Politics? A Case Study of Newly Elected MPs in Western Australias State Parliament. 54-64 Dominic Fitzsimmons. "'But do we get our money's worth?' The Usefulness of Religion to the Nation Building Process in Australia and East Germany." 65-76. Hawzhin Azeez. Reconstructing Iraq: Iraq State-building, Nation-building, and Violence. 77-87 W.John Hopkins . "Round Pegs Into Square Holes? Governance and Non-Territorial Identity." 88-94 Alexander Maxwell. A Brief History of Political Legitimacy: Demotic Ideology and the Spread of Democracy. 95-102 Tod Moore & Graham Maddox. Participation, Democracy, and the Split in Revolutionary Calvinism, 1641 1646. 103-113 Sandra Reeves. Welfare Reform and FBOs: an Australian perspective. 114-122 Joshua Snider . Islamist Violence in Indonesia: Bringing the State Back In. 123-133 John William Tate. Liberalism, Blasphemy and Religion. 134-142 Christian Wicke. The Catholic Nationalist: Rethinking Kohls Notion of Germany. 143-153 Research note: Colin Wilks. Religious Conflict and Interfaithism. 154-160