What Role Does Religion Play In Society

This topic deals with religion because religion consists of various cultural beliefs and these shared beliefs influence our values in society and what is acceptable or not. Two of the main religions in the world that will be viewed are Christianity and Islam. Based on a world map from the ‘World Religions,’ book it can be determined that Christianity influences territories in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. While Islam impacts the Middle East, Africa. (Matthews 1) This goes to show how widespread these religions are and how they must have a correlation with gender roles in society. Especially, because religion has dominated our life since it was established. Before Christianity became a widespread religion it began as being incorporated within the religion of Judaism during the time when Augustus Caesar ruled the Roman Empire (Hopfe 280). After many clashing beliefs various groups formed and became separated into segments. Three of the main branches of beliefs that still remain today are: Roman …show more content…
It derived from the Arabian Desert and gained influence because of its location. For instance, Byzantine Christianity impacted the religion because Arabia was close to the sacred Christian area of Judea. A few of the tribes also practiced Judaism and Muhammad who is the prophet of Islam apparently held contact with people who believed in Zoroastrianism (Hopfe 333). Islam contrasts from Christianity in the sense that they are polytheistic, have the five pillars and so on. Within Islam there are two major classifications of Muslims: The Sunnis and the Shi’ites. The Sunnis makes up most of the Muslim population and are conservative. The way that they practice Islam is solely based on what is written in the Qur’an and early traditions. While the Shi’ites believed in having an authority figure read out the scripture to