Social Conflict Approach: Religion And Social Inequality

The social conflict approach highlights religion’s support of social inequality. According to Karl Marx, religion serves elites by legitimizing the status quo and diverting people’s attention from social inequalities. Today, the British monarch is the formal head of the Church of England, illustrating the close ties between religious and political elites. In practical terms, working for political change may mean opposing the church and god. Religion also encourages people to accept the social problems of the world while looking for a “better world to