Role of Religion in Society

This presentation discusses the role of religion in society, examining its positive and negative impacts on various aspects of human civilization. It explores the purpose of religions, their positive effects on attitudes and social activities, as well as their negative effects on social injustice. The presentation also delves into theoretical perspectives such as functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism, and discusses the concepts of culture, socialization, and inequality in relation to religion.

REGION

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRIDUCTION
MAIN BODY
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
• Religion refers to the approach in terms of human spirituality that generally encompass
specific set of beliefs, practices and symbol which often with the quality which provide the
guidance and meaning to the experience of practitioners.

MAIN BODY
The general purpose of Religions.
• The main purpose of religions is that continues impact on the different aspects of human
civilization in both negative and positive manner. It is a great spiritual from different
traditions and very tough to adopt. It will develop the higher quality of kindness, love,
generosity and mercy etc.

CONT.
• The quality is a type of natural by developing the deeper connection with the individual
spiritual so as in respect to the religion and support the spiritual development. The human
being will properly be working together to create happy environment or culture.
• Unfortunately, it is increased the high trust among people sometimes, higher trust doesn’t
require for correlation with the reality of what types of religions have achieved in 8000 years.
It will analyze that how to explore the role of religions in both negative and positive ways.

POSITIVE ROLE OF RELIGION
• As per research of psychological is indicating the positive attitudes which are good for
wealth. For Example- Individual who are very optimistic about their own recovery from
multiple diseases, tend to adhere to better treatment plans. In this way, it can be
understanding the religion concept which is major source of optimism and hope of many
peoples.

CONT.
• Humans are basically social animals that meeting with the need of belongingness in terms
of physical and psychological. In despite to the higher purpose of religion which being
tool for handling the progression of spiritual. The religion always been continuing to
increase the social activities. For Example- A religious human will always be inclined to
visit the religious programs and social activity in daily basis.

CONT.
• Religion can provide the multiple offers, which particularly resilient sense of self worth
because God’s love in the best traditional ways and perceived the non-contingent. In most
of cases, Multiple religious have asserted the traditions regarding love, values and good
parent. On the other hand, self-esteem is also another source of happiness which are not
reliable.

NEGATIVE ROLE OF RELIGION
• Religion is started by pure heartened, enlightened of great leaders such as Jesus, Nanak
and many more. This type of religious leaders always focused towards the humanity and
help other people. They can understand the better ways to spiritual truth which make
world better place. Afterwards, the religious followers will formalize the better learning
set of religions and also build the institution with specific aim to control people.

CONT.
• Many types of religious institutions are responsible for contributing towards the hatred
and social injustice because each member have their own communities. The social
communities are supporting the holy text interpretation which may hold various type of
views related homosexual marriages.

FINDING FROM WORK IN THE RELIGION
• It is incredible diversity within religion in context of community member can define the
connection. For instances, religious people believe on theological and ritual of worship
which are central part to live in the society but many religious parts of culture but they
don’t choose to participate the rituals. Many individuals feel free to select or reject any
religions. Governments are giving more privileges to every religion and protect the
freedom of every citizens, who will follow any religions.

CONT.
• In terms of religions, it will increase the restriction on religious across the world. In 2016,
it has been found that annual global restriction on religions. Whether government task
actions of each individual and social community because it will be increased in 198
nation as per study.

CONT.
• As per survey, it has been tracking the restrictions on religious around the world due to
increase the level of social hostilities which involve religions. In this way, it can be found
the highest share within past 6 years. In countries, there are large number of religion
related terrorist violence has occurred in part years. it has increased the government
restrictions on the social hostilities which may involves political parties and other group,
who will try to increase the conflicts between different religious communities.

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES, CONCEPTS OF CULTURE
• In modern world, sociological concept applied on the religious is one of major theoretical
perspectives. It can view offer different type of lenses though society and study such as
symbolic interactionism, functionalism, feminist theory and conflict theory etc. these are
important part of religion which define the overall culture in society or community.

FUNCTIONALISM
• It can be defined that religion may server the different function in the community of
society. Religion is mainly depended on the existence of society, significance and value.
In this perspective, religious has significant purpose to server the functions because they
are providing the accurate answer of mysterious spirituals, protect the comfort relate
emotions and developing the place where it can maintain social control or interaction.

CONFLICT THEORY
• This theory is viewed about the religion as an institution that support to maintain the
different patterns in terms of social inequality. As per perspective, religion is used to
support the divine right of human beings and also justify the social structures. Sometimes,
conflict theory is critical ways to promote the religions about the idea, many people
should satisfy with the current circumstances.

CONT.
• Human kind is the best way of responding to perceive the inequality so that it can lose the
relevancy. The Christian community is helping the poor people and teach them that they
should not focused with the spiritual truth. The theory is mainly pointing the religion
power which able to manage the beliefs, practices and rituals through interpretation of
holy text.

SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
• It is study about the symbols and interaction of every day life, it also increasing the concept
to construct the social world. Symbolic interactionists study about the better ways in which
individual practices their trust, faith and always interact in the house of “God” for worship.
Each and every religion has indicating the symbol of values, love or affections. it is mainly
focused on the symbols and languages that help to provide true meaning of life or
experience. It always notices that individual interact with entire world, it needs to change
the behavior as per meaning which provided through social interactions.

RELIGION CONCEPTS
Culture
• The sociology of culture and also related to the systematic analysis of religion concept,
generally understand the symbolic code can be used by members of community or society.
Religion is a crucial part of human being where it examined the belief of individual on the
religious and directly linked with the culture. It always asserted that religion is one of
common part of culture of individual. It influences the communication or interaction when
how social communities understand the different parameters of religious and beliefs.

SOCIALIZATION AND STRUCTURE
• Religious services are linked to the stable family life and well manner people. It has
increased the religious worship to reduce in the incidence of crime, abuse. The practices
of religious may increase the conflicts, stress etc. In this way, it is directly affecting on the
social communities and its overall structure. For Example- religious practices of parents
also effects on the educational results of individual. In this way, it can be determined that
religions can change the overall social structure.

INEQUALITY
• It is the strongest correlations exits in between religion and inequality because it mainly
depends on the movement of religious in different areas such as protection and also
increases the inequality. By using approach, it will identify the inequality between human
being as per their religions. Sometimes, it gives more priorities to the upper religious
people, they can use the power to create inequality other people.

SOCIAL INTERACTION
• In religion, it is constructing the social interaction by symbolic theory, it proposed the
reality of human being and develop the interaction with other. It can be implemented the
symbolic interactionism theory which outline the basic interaction of human being. It also
described the meaning that interpreted by individual, who are dealing with the different
circumstances.

CONT.
• Social interaction is act as exclusion or inclusion, which collecting the entails
communication and identity. In regards to the religions, it includes both interpersonal
relations but the relationship between people become divine. In rituals, it can be
formalized to repetitive symbol actions because it is a central part of communication. In
this way, it is analyzing the overall social interaction or communication.

CONT.
• The direct interaction could be formed in the different of ritualized religious. The
different symbolic action act as direct interaction, signs, textual message, statements etc.
it has required to enable the actions through participation level of religious. These
elements are emerged with the collection of volume such as religion perspectives,
identity, gender, purity.

CONCLUSION
• In above discussion, it has been summarised that religions play important role in terms of
humanity and associated with the belief of human being. It also understands about the
religion that usually encompass set of beliefs, practices and symbol which often with the
quality which provide the guidance and meaning to the experience of practitioners. In this
report, it can be identifying the purpose of religions and appropriate findings.

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