Religious practice promotes the well-being of individuals, families, and the community. Religious worship also leads to a reduction in the incidence of domestic abuse, crime, substance abuse, and addiction. In addition, religious practice can increase physical and mental health, longevity, and education attainment.

Terms in this set (7)

• culture. a combination of beliefs, customs, practices and social behaviours of a particular group of people.
• language. common language units people.
• religion and spirituality.
• environment and relationship to the land.
• gender.
• media.
• ideology.

Religion plays a crucial role for a person in giving a cultural identity. Each religion has festivals, traditions, mythologies which form a part of the tangible and intangible heritage of the country. Thus, religion contributes in order to protect this heritage and also adds to the diversity in the country.

It found that the happiest couples are actually quite different from each other. The authors of the report found that conservative, religious couples are, by far, the happiest, with secular, progressive couples in second place.

Attending church with one’s friends appears to provide many role models of happy, healthy relationships. Second, couples in which both members attend church are more likely to say that they often pray together, and shared prayer also helps to account for the link between church attendance and a happy relationship.

Nearly half of all married adults (47%) say sharing religious beliefs with one’s spouse is “very important” for a successful marriage, according to the newest report from Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study. Similarly, roughly six-in-ten married Americans (61%) say a satisfying sex life is very important.

Examining Twitter feeds, Ritter et al. (2014) found that Christians linguistically appeared happier, more socially connected, and less analytical than atheists.