Outlook for more flourishing human and religious institutions

Abstract

Religious participation is related to a number of aspects of human development, including joy and contentment with life, mental and physical health, purpose or meaning, integrity or virtues and good social relationships. Rigid longitudinal study designs with significant confusion now demonstrate the advantages of these prosperous features of religious communities. The connections between religious group participation and prosperity are far larger than those between spiritual-religious identities and individual behaviors. Although the support network is an important component in the connection between religion and health, it only accounts for a small portion of the results. In this study, writers identified a number of other mechanisms which seem to be at play and determined that the significant effect of religious organizations on so many aspects of human happiness may be due to the convergence of religious ideals and practices, strengthened by social ties and customs. The proposed classification is helpful for the future study of academics and professionals and more investigation is needed to extend the geographical area of the study.