Religion and Social Order: Examining the Relationship between Religiosity, Sense of Anomie, and Deviance among a Sample of Students مقاله

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Alongside other functions that religion has for social order, the deterrent effect of religion and religiosity on variables such as anomie, the feeling of anomie, and also deviance has also been considered by many experts and researchers. In this article, by adopting a functional approach, which recognizes religion and religiosity as one of the factors providing normative order, the relationship between the extent and dimensions of religiosity with the level of deviance and the feeling of anomie among individuals has been investigated. Ultimately, it must be said that although all religions possess a type of moral system and asceticism, because different social groups and societies have different levels of ascetic morality and religious feelings, the effect of religiosity on crime will vary among different groups and societies. Theoretical Pattern of the Study In total, the relationship between religiosity, anomie, and deviance can be drawn in a conceptual pattern by inferring from the functionalist theories of Durkheim, Brown, Davis, and Yingger, and Weber's meaning-oriented perspective mentioned above, as follows. Despite this, in the reviewed research, no study was observed that examined the relationship of religiosity on deviance through the mediating variable of the feeling of anomie. Accordingly, adherence and commitment to the dimensions of religiosity that relate to the practice and implementation of religious teachings in daily life have greater deterrent effects and, based on the data of this study, their function for social order is greater.