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Elaborate on the social necessity of religion. Discuss the relationship between religion and science.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Religion and Society

Every known society has had some form of religion. Functionalist sociology explains this universality by the needs religion meets; the rise of science then raises the question of whether a rival system of knowledge can meet them instead.

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  • Part A: The social necessity of religion
  • Part B: Religion and science
  • Conclusion

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