From a sociological perspective, should religion be used to define standards, values, and laws in any society?

You ask 'should religion be used to define standards, values and laws in any society?'. The truth is that already societies throughout the world are based on religious values. For example, historically Muslim or Christian countries will have their laws reflecting it's religious belief.

In my opinion, based on a Weberian perspective, religion is a part of an inbuilt capitalist system. Let me explain, the influence of certain religious ideas (such as offerings and having to commit good deeds in order to be accepted into heaven after death) encourage the economic spirit. This idea is known as the Protestant Ethic or the Spirit of Capitalism.

However, this applies to primarily Western religions. Even though early sociologists predicted the death of religion and the corresponding rise of science and rationality, there has been a massive resurgence of fundamentalist religion in the past few years. Religion has become more important to society than ever before.

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