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Religion as a force for social stability: A sociological perspective

Religion is universal and in almost every human society a forms of religion exists. Human action throughout history has been influenced to a large extend by the religious values and ethics . Despite the emergence of various alternative such as Secularism , Atheism and the codification of justice system , human action are continually guided by his/her religious belief either consciously or unconsciously. Also noted must be made that, despite the decrease in footfalls of large organised religion, religion continue to have huge impact on individuals. Moreover, currently there has been a substantial rise of unorganised informal religion whose members are drawn from large congregation, who can be more particularly devoted towards a certain religious dogma. Thus, it became relevant and important to analyse the impact of religion with respect to social stability. To begin with religion help strengthen social stability by giving a meaning and purpose to our human existence. Though the purpo