Ideological Influence On Religion

Ideology is the system of ideas that form the basis of political and economic theory. It characterizes the common beliefs of a group, social class, or individual into a consistent political philosophy. Ideology impacts many aspects of government from the individuals who create policy to the type of government a country maintains. Its influence upon these aspects can be quite subtle or blatantly obvious. The manner ideology forms in a region is key to predicting its effects on a country. Political scientists examine this formation by classifying it under the domains of religion, emotion, polarization, and education the degree that these domains affect the formation of ideology and its impact upon society is what will be discussed. The idea thought that religion effects ideology is evident. It has influenced ideology in a variety of ways. Religion is a very controversial issue when acquainted with government and policy. The weight that religion holds on ideology in the present is what has been called into question recently. Some feel that religion influenced ideology is only for the individual and should not be implemented into policy by government. They would argue that religion …show more content…
Religion and science have long been held as two conflicting forms of ideological influence. Some even hold religion and science to be incompatible. However, neither belief can stand alone without considering the other. This is because the scientific study of religion is made invalid by personal biases. Those who wish to disprove religion do so out of ideological prejudice against it and those who attempt to prove it do so out of some theological idea that it exists. This inevitably renders ideology and its effect on policy invalid if completely based on religion and meaningless propaganda if only taken from a scientific standpoint (Pyysiainen