Religion Generates Individual and Social Control: Focusing On Values, Beliefs, Morals, Sex, and Marriage

Abstract

In today’s society one must ask if religion is used for individual and social control. Prevalent historical arguments include one can do no wrong if they follow god’s ideologies, god is persistent in the mind, and that religions form boundaries for those who abide by these guidelines. It is argued that religion is a basis of social control and factors that are affected include values, beliefs, morals, sex and marriage.