Unholy Bed Fellows

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The following paper examines how a study of religion can also serve invaluably as a tool for understanding a society. Among other things, the paper explores how religion can compel an individual to ask questions of contemporary society, understand why certain social and institutional phenomena exist, and how the present-day law is informed by historic religious sensibilities. The paper suggests that a firm grasp of religion is necessary to having a firm grasp of current society.

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"In our present-day society, the idea that religion may very well serve to inform us about the world around us is one that is met with skepticism in some quarters and laughter in others. Nonetheless, a case can certainly be made that the study of religion today is vital to gaining an insight into what our world is now - and may be in the future. To begin with, it may be said that religion and the study of religious tenets provides - or should provide - a moral lens through which to view the world. For the noted Thai Buddhist speaker and writer, Sulak Sivaraksa, religion is not only a personal matter or "private conversation" but a means by which concerned citizens can work against injustice, exemplify liberation and freedom and transform societies (Baumann 2005 para.4). "

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