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IS RELIGION A MAJOR SOURCE OF DIVISION AND DISCONTENT IN THE SOCIETY TODAY?
Seul (1999) referred to experts in the social-psychological field such as Freud and others to explain how religion is used to solve various predicaments such as: suffering, illness, self esteem, and self awareness. A recent study conducted by the United Nations Organization, however, suggests that there are over 100 million religions in the world, which includes the main religions such as: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Nontraditional Religions. Extensive research on this issue has garnered much support for the view that these religions do have different belief systems, which do not correspond with each other, which have led to the division and discontent in the society today. Although, some believe that there are numbers of factors which account for the division and discontent in society today and some claim otherwise, how religion has promoted respect for ethical human rights and conduct, morality and unity in the society, but these do not negate the fact that the diversity of religions in the world and communal search for an identity among different religious beliefs has led to the division and discontent in the society.

First of all, the diversity of religion in the world causes disunity and disaffection in the society today; because different religious background has different identities which make it difficult for people to understand each other. Ursula (1997) found that Religions are known to envision different truths which often contradict and exclude each other, as the pluralistic belief of religious world views is a genuine source of profound tensions and conflict which has led to the division and discontent in the society. For I...

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...nd will end any form of discontent and division in the society today and in the near future.

Works Cited
Berger, P. (1990). Secularization and Pluralism. In C. Susanne & A. William &O. Michael (Eds.) Sociology of Religion: A Reader (pp. 201-204). New Jersey, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Gopin, M. (1997). Religion, violence, and conflict resolution. Peace & Change, 22 (1), 1-31.

Seul, J.R. (1999, September). ‘Ours is the Way of God’: Religion, Identity and Intergroup Conflict. Journal of Peace Research, 36 (5).

Nancy, C. (2008). Exploring the Religions of Our World. Washington D.C: Ave Maria Press, Inc.

Ursula, K. (1997). Religious Pluralism: Can religions co-exist without violence or discrimination. In R. Carter & S. Isenberg (Eds.). The Ideal in the World’s Religions: Essays on the person, family and society, environment (p. 53-71). Minnesota: Paragon House.

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