Abstract
This article deals with the relationship between religion and peace. The sample consisted of 200 university students in the American midwest, whose religiosity and peace attitudes were measured by means of the Bardis Religion Scale and Irenometer. The religion – peace relationship is expressed by means of the following hypotheses: ‘Religiosity and favourable attitudes toward peace are directly proportional’; ‘as an independent variable related to peace attitudes religiosity is more “influential” than the variables of gender, age, academic class ranking, major field of study, paternal education, material education, paternal occupation, number of siblings, and size of hometown’. On the basis of these two hypotheses, two main conclusions are drawn. Firstly, religion and peace are significantly and positively related, although this refers to one’s degree of religiosity rather than one’s religious affiliation. Secondly, religion is one of the most influential forces affecting peace attitudes. S. Afr. J. Sociol. 1986, 17(2): 53–56 Paper presented at the World Congress of the Conférence Internationale de Sociologie des Religions, Louvain, Belgium, 23 August 1985.
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