Benefits of Religion to individuals and civil society -- from the Marriage and Religion Research Institute

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federal data make repeatedly clear that the practice of religion is a great public as well as private good. Worship’s benefits flow over to all the other major institutions of the nation: the family, education, the marketplace and income, and government. Worship’s rewards are visible, for example, in education and human capital development, sexual behavior, relational strength, psychological and physical well-being, and in a significant decrease in a variety of social ills.

 

In 95 Social Science Reasons for Religious Worship and Practice, we address religion’s specific benefits for marriage and family, education, personal health, and culture in general.

 

To read the full report, click here.