RELIGION AND PEACE We can’t ignore the fact that Religion, next to family, is the second oldest institution. It governs the social as well as personal behavior of man by providing guidelines, laws and principles relating to his interaction with...
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION Positive functions of Religion Religion provides mental peace: Human life is uncertain. He struggles for his survival amidst the uncertainties, insecurities and dangers, Some-times he feels helplessness. It is the religion which consoles and encourages him in all...
MEASURES OF RELIGIOSITY In sociology, Religiosity is a term used to describe the level of religious participation and internalization of belief systems within a particular society. Studies of religiosity are often undertaken to measure several things, including frequency of prayer, biblical...
THEORIES OF RELIGION Psychoanalytic Theory The Psychoanalytic Theory is the personality theory, which is based on the notion that an individual gets motivated more by unseen forces that are controlled by the conscious and the rational thought. Sigmund Freud is closely...
Society A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. The term “society” came from...
Features of Religion include the following: Beliefs: Traditionally, faith, in addition to reason, has been considered a source of religious beliefs. The interplay between faith and reason, and their use as perceived support for religious beliefs, have been a subject of...
There is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that claims to relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental,...