How Religion Increases Social Solidarity

Religion can be powerful under the right certain circumstances for social change. However it can be argued that religion can be a conservative force.

However, there are many kinds of social relationships and because of this, there are different types of commensality and each is important and offers significance in its own right.

Knoll (2009) described minority religious groups as religions with U.S. membership not surpassing 5%. Mormons and Jews, both minority religions, were found to have positive attitudes toward immigration. These findings showed support for marginalization theory, which hypothesizes that members of minority groups have faced “political and social discrimination” and therefore “feel a sense of shared experience with other marginalized groups,” (Knoll 2009). This supports the idea that members of the Mormon and Jewish religions share characteristics with immigrants making them more likely to feel empathy for their marginalized status in the U.S., resulting in more positive attitudes. Additionally, those who identified as nonreligious were more tolerant than Protestants, the most common religion in the United States (Brenneman

The widely accepted definition of a sect is a religious group with characteristics, which distinguishes it from either a Church or a denomination. Many groups which fit this definition now prefer the less contentious title of "new religious movements", because over the last fifty years, sects have become linked with brainwashing, mass suicide, and even a murder. One of the examples is the suicide of 900 members of the People's temple.

Religion is a social institution composed of a unified system of beliefs, symbols, and rituals that guides human life, including behaviors and values. I agree with the claim that the sociological study of religion makes one’s religious faith stronger in societies and communities because the more knowledgeable you are of your religion, the more you follow and practice its beliefs. Reading the books of the religion of your choice allows you to choose the lifestyle you live and control your beliefs. Sociologically studying one’s religion cannot damage religious faith unless you are sociologically studying a religion other than yours. Your devotion to your religion has been given to you at birth, and normally children follow their parents before anyone else.

Supporting Evidence #2: “In Campbell's book along with co-author Robert Putnam the American phenomenon was explained that individuals felt more compassionate to others religions based on the more exposure they had to it. In addition, they said when Americans add other religions to their “social networks”their understanding and tolerance increased which lead to the unique combinations of more religious devotion and diversity in the U.S”(Hanes,

We live in a world of religious pluralism and human experience has taught us to respect others religion(s). Whether religion is unifying or dividing depends on how it is used. Religion can be unifying mainly because, no matter what religion you believe in, religion helps people cope with the problems and difficulties within their life and millions of people believe in it. Religion has been known to unify groups, tribes, peoples, and whole countries. Americans have been able to combine deep religious devotion with wide-ranging religious diversity, while continuing to be tolerant of one another. By making friends with someone with a religious faith other than your own can lead to warmer feelings for others of that same faith. With Americans religion

Introduction: The United States is well known for being the melting pot because of the diversity of its people. There are variety of racial, ethnic, religious, and cultures that make the United States what it has become today. In America it doesn’t matter who you are, you can worship any religious faith you chose under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Although they are different, you can still find many similarities among them. Although some may object, even within the United States, times have shown that religion still helps bring people together.

Society is the support of the human being, it is through it that individuals can develop singularly. For the human being, social life is not an accessory, however it originates from an important dimension intrinsic in its nature: sociability. Human sociability is exercised through the establishment of numerous associations aimed at achieving different purposes. In general, a society is defined as any type of association or group formed by living beings, to which they connect certain similarities or coincidences in their constitution or in their activities.

America is full and rich with diverse people, religions and values; they make America great. Just look at Riverside, California, there are over fifty churches of different denominations of Christianity, three synagogues, two temples, and one mosque; all coinciding peacefully in the city (Yellow Pages). Because Riverside is so diverse, religious pluralism and religious tolerance are two steps in making Riverside more connected. The first step is tolerance, a reflex that acknowledges a person will come across people of a different faith. The second step is pluralism, which is a better understanding of a person’s religion as well as the other religions around them. Many believe pluralism is the better of the two, because of the interaction

Cooperation with others is a characteristic aftereffect of living in the public arena. During the time spent collaboration, society and its guidelines socially affects every person. On the off chance that individuals look with any sort of social effect, for example, assemble weight, incredible piece of them demonstrate congruity by changing their practices, thoughts, choices in expected way. A man accommodates on the off chance that he or she picks a game-plan that a greater part supports or that is socially worthy. Some sort of similarity is common and socially sound however complying with every one of the standards, thoughts, and choices without considering or

Observing the daily lifestyles of the individuals from different time periods show a great deal of how the religion changes the societal behavior of the followers of each religion. The religion’s form of worshipping a God is a reputable indicator of the era’s culture. While looking into The Iliad, we find that the culture of that time highlights warfare and worshipping multiple Gods. This polytheistic culture differs greatly from the culture of The Torah, which was the first established religion that believed in teaching a monotheistic education, believing in one God. Furthermore, one can see in The New Testament that they also worship one God in addition to following the teachings of Jesus. This creates a difference in cultures as this changes the way people worship their God/Gods. The transition into the first millennium brought many changes as new religions appeared and there became a diversity in beliefs. Through looking at The Homeric Era, The Hellenic Era, and The Roman Era, the differences within these time periods are shown through the transformation of each religion 's form of worship as a ritual.

Throughout history, religion has proved to be the main source of social stability in different communities and cultural groups. Everything that is part of a societal system, including law, is influenced by religious beliefs and practices of that society. This being said, most religions are based on the theory that there is a single more powerful entity, that has control over aspects of which humans do not. For the longest time in history, sociologists have argued that peer group, political movements, schools and most importantly, the family to be agents of socialization. Because of this reason, they have ignored the role played by religion in the perpetuation of cultural as well as social

In traditional societies, to begin with, there is a strong fellow-feeling; everybody is considered a friend and is expected to act this way, in case of personal or family

The Effect of Personal Characteristics on Prosocial Behaviour In this essay, it will be first looked at the effect personal characteristics have on Prosocial behaviour including the level of moral reasoning of individuals, vicarious emotional reactions, altruism, guilt, self concern, the Just World hypothesis and also the biological approach. Secondly it will be looked at how being part of a group can effect an individuals Prosocial behaviour. Intra-group factors that will be covered include the Bystander Effect, modelling and norms. Finally, factors concerning immediate and larger context will be covered.