Effects of Religion in Different Sectors

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Though religion indirectly affects society and social life of the people in many ways but there are other sectors too which are also affected and influenced by religion, like economic life and prosperity of the people. It has been believed that more religious people lead to more economic prosperity among people and nation. Paul Johnson, a historian said, “It is generally accepted that more than half the American people still attend a place of worship over a weekend, an index of religious practice unequaled anywhere in the world, certainly in a great and populous nation.”(1) Also there will be minimal political instability among people of the nation if the people are based on one religion, but this will not be same in every case because when different religion mix up the country began to rise because of increase in trade and exchange between people. Similarly, religion encourages the people to do charity work and to help the poor and needy people so that no one can remain without food. Lastly, religion will definitely be helpful in eradication of corruption in many sectors which creates job opportunities to middle class people and leads to economic stability which makes the country more economical powerful. Although we have seen in many cases that religion affects society, economic life of the people by encouraging to do charity works, but there are other sectors which are also affected by religion like environment, family unity, tension, heath and others. Besides religion indirectly influences economic life of the people and economic prosperity of the nation but there are other sectors in which religion plays a very important role. Firstly, strength and unity of a family is directly linked with the religion, if people are more religious then members in the family are less likely to engage in fight which also reduces chances of divorce and misunderstandings.
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