Question

How religion and politics are interleated in civics?

Answer 1

Religion can be related to politics in a number of ways. For instance, religion has been found to legitimate regimes, to divert social grievances into other-worldly concerns, to yield support for social moments, and to provide understandings of justice which have given rise to social change (Williams 1996: 368). To search for cross-cultural explanations for all of these different relationships is a complex task. There are different dimensions and/or levels of the religious and political systems to consider, and different contexts in time and space to take into account (Jelen Wilcox 2002a, 2002b). Thus, the many relationships between religion and politics may depend on both the contents and levels of the various religious and political systems, and their different socio-cultural contexts.