Religion is any cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world

views, texts, sanctified places, ethics, or organizations that relate humanity to the
supernatural or transcendental. However, there is no scholarly consensus over what
precisely constitutes a religion. People nowadays always argue on their religion and
perspective beliefs. some people belief that their religion can save them.

Other Religion are practicing rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of

deities), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial
services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public service, or other aspects of
human culture. Religions have sacred histories and narratives, which may be preserved
in sacred scriptures, and symbols and holy places, that aim mostly to give a meaning to
life. Religions may contain symbolic stories, which are sometimes said by followers to
be true, that have the side purpose of explaining the origin of life, the Universe and
other things. Traditionally, faith, in addition to reason, has been considered a source of
religious beliefs. There are many distinct religions in the world, but about 84% of the
world’s population is affiliated with one of the five largest religions, namely Christianity,
Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism or forms of folk religion. Religion is a hard word to define.
Some might define religion as believing in a high power, deities, or a single God. Others
define it as a belief system that has more to do with culture and traditions being past
down from generation to generation than anything. According to Ask.com (n.d.), religion
is define as the belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as
creator and governor of the universe. No one knows what the first religion was or when
it was founded, but today there are countless religions that people are associate with.
Religion is an almost universal institution in human society. It is found in all societies, past and
present. All the preliterate societies known to us have religion. Religion goes back to the
beginning of the culture itself. It is a very ancient institution. There is no primitive society without
religion. Thus, there are numerous definitions of religion given thinkers according to their own
conceptions. As a matter of fact the forms in which religion expresses itself vary so much that it
is difficult to agree upon a definition. Some maintain that religion includes a belief in
supernatural or mysterious powers and that it expresses itself in overt activities designed to deal
with those powers. Religion, in fact, is not a mere process of mediations about man’s life;
it is also a means of preserving the values of life. While it is possible to define religion
as belief in God or some super-natural powers, it is well to remember that there can
also be a Godless religion as Buddhism. Others regard religion as something very
earthly and materialistic, designed to achieve practical ends. Sumner and Keller
asserted that, “Religion in history, from the earliest to very recent days, has not been a
matter of morality at all but of rites, rituals, observance and ceremony”.

We as the researcher of Mati Doctors Academy, We grade 12 students of

Humanity Social Science have decided to focus this topic because it is the highlight of
our strand.
Theoretical framework
Attachment theory is a concept in developmental psychology that concerns the importance of
"attachment" in regards to personal development. Specifically, it makes the claim that the ability
for an individual to form an emotional and physical "attachment" to another person gives a sense
of stability and security necessary to take risks, branch out, and grow and develop as a
personality. Naturally, attachment theory is a broad idea with many expressions, and the best
understanding of it can be had by looking at several of those expressions in turn.

The program in Religion and Conflict Transformation seeks to partner with religious leaders in
developing a theology, theory and practice of faith-based conflict transformation. The Religion
and Conflict Transformation program carries this work not only into faith communities but also
into the realm of the public square with reference to local, national and international conflict.

Churches and communities of faith are not simply local and parochial bodies but are parts of
wider communities of faith and practice. They function in the public square as much as within
the bounds of particular traditions. They raise the question of not only how to be faithful, but
also how to live faithfully in a world of difference. Churches and communities of faith have
their own agendas, but they are also drawn into conflict as faith is easily hijacked for other
purposes. Religion can be a source of conflict as well as an instrument for peace. In recognition
of particular areas of conflict in today’s world, this program seeks to lay out principles essential
to the building of a culture of reconciliation.

Our focus is on training religious leaders for work in faith-communities located in a multi-
cultural, multi-faith World. We believe that ideally every student ,we should have such a multi-
cultural, multi-faith experience, and think of their work in communities of faith with a multi-
cultural, multi-faith perspective. Our classroom itself is a multi-cultural world, with a large
percentage of our students coming from outside the United States. In doing this work, we are
sensitive to the cultural differences, helping to train people to elicit those ways of promoting
peace that are part of the local culture. All this is about appreciating differences and learning to
live in a multi-cultural world, in a multi-cultural international church. Our international trips and
the opportunities for practica outside of the United States are focused on religious communities
and their role in peacebuilding. This includes Christian communities, but also communities of
other faiths. We are working, for example, on how we address exclusivist claims, having a strong
center, but very porous boundaries. We are working with our students to understand a theology
of reconciliation as well as a theology of religions, believing with Hans Kung that we will not
have peace in this world without dialogue and peace among the world religions.