Religion has a huge part to play in shaping society

Religion has a huge part to play in shaping society

By Catherine Pepinster

September 3, 2008,

The reason Miliband was so keen to court believers was because - contrary to Grayling's claim that "atheist leaders are more likely to take a literally down-to-earth view of the needs, interests and circumstances of people in the here and now" - believers don't expect people's hopes to be fixed on the afterlife and put up with the imperfections of this one. Vast numbers of believers are committed to the betterment of society through volunteering, politics and work in the public sector. They work for the relief of poverty, and for social justice. In the Roman Catholic church, liberation theology has highlighted the injustices of structural sin, such as poverty, and encouraged Catholics to act for social change.

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