RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: GOOD FOR WHAT AILS US?

Abstract

People worldwide desire freedom to practice their religion, but religion is implicated in many of today's most urgent security problems. Multinational statistical data indicate that a bundled commodity of human freedoms, including religious freedom, augments socio-economic wellbeing. The protection of fair religious competition leads to less religious violence and energizes productive participation. Research supports the concept of a religious freedom cycle, wherein religious freedom prompts religious participation which fuels positive social and political outcomes as grievances are removed. These outcomes reinforce religion's role in a healthy society. Conversely, social and government restrictions can lead to religious violence, perpetuating those restrictions.

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