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In what important ways can religion be a force both for social stability and social change? Discuss.

  • UPSC 2008
  • Religion and Society

Religion supplies ultimate meanings, and the same meanings can either sanctify the existing order or judge it and demand its transformation. Functionalists and Karl Marx stressed its conservative role. Max Weber and later scholars showed that it can also be an independent source of change.

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  • When does religion become radical?
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