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SOCIAL COHESION THROUGH INTERPRETATION OF RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES

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Dr. Nidhi Tyagi1, Dr. Prabha Lama2*, Dr. Anjali Sharma3, Ms. Saumyata Joshi4, Ms. Saumya Bisht5, Ms. Antima Chamoli6
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si10.00309

Abstract

Religion is simply an accepted pattern of behavior showing gratitude, an integrated system of expression and the spiritual or emotional attitude towards the God. Since the human civilization had developed in different social groups under different regions, different religion came into existence with some distinct practices or better to say with distinct strategies as developed by the concerned social groups. These all strategies were developed in the name of oral and written commands of God and later on converted into ‘Holy Books.’ Nothing wrong was there until different social groups interacted with others and tried to establish the superiority of one’s own belief over the others. Since the interactions were and even is inevitable, so is with religious conflicts. These conflicts have remained a root cause of many social tensions but no effort has been made to use distinct religious principles, relatively, to establish social cohesion and peace in the society except by saying that God is one. If we debate on these religious conflicts and try to find out the root cause of this conflict multiple reasons may be recorded but, as per the opinion of authors, ‘misinterpretation’ of Holy Scriptures, patterns of behavior, expressions and spiritual or emotional attitude of different ‘belief’ groups is the only one. Hence under this literary work, the authors have tried to explain that reasonable and contemporary interpretation of all religious scriptures, religious practices etc. would certainly end the conflicts and would promote brotherhood, harmony and solutions of many known and unknown issues whereas misinterpretation of religious scriptures would certainly end humanity and society if not controlled within the stipulated boundaries.

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