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Religion and morality1 Relationship between religion and morality Religious scholars have not been successful in drawing a boundary between religion and morality, but three broad views exists (Wainwright), that morality: Depends greatly on religion Is not dependent on religion Is opposed to religion The first view(morality depends on religion) argues that morality will not exist without religion since moral codes are derived from religion and that the moral standards are judged using a marking scheme set by religion, morality is judged as either wrong or right on the basis of conformity or contradiction of biblical teachings or any other religious tradition, Muslims uses Quran to judge whether an action is right or wrong, the Christians uses the bible, Catholics will mostly consider the papal teachings to judge morality, other sources might be considered unreliable on this context. (Nissen, Andersen and Reuter) Non-religious world have also adopted religious moral teachings and have used religion to judge their aspect of morality especially on matters like war and abortion, in this way it can be seen that religion and morality relates in a big away, as we can see that even people who don’t subscribe to aspects of religion, uses it to make judgements, in another practical example, the media is usually quick to present religious leaders found with financial irregularities or with extramarital affairs because the society expect them to behave in a moral manner, they strongly believe that morality is determined by religion. (Hitlin and Vaisey) Religion and morality2 In other aspects, some religious believers have strongly been opposed to moral outrages, they argue that morality does not depend on religion, others says morality have little relations with religion. Some famous religious people have resisted the moral changes that appears not to be in the interest of the society and addressing the dynamics of the ever changing world. Famous religious groups such as Christian action for research and education (CARE) in the UK for instance, have lobbied for reduction I the time to perform legal abortion to 18 weeks and also to legalize assisted suicide. Some of these groups are quick to react to moral outrages against the secular world and even argues that atheist can be moral people too even though they don’t recognize the presences of a superior God. (Hitlin and Vaisey) To finalize the discussion, it can be noted that religion and morality are not mutually inclusive, it is not a must for somebody to be religious so as to be moral, atheist and other secular individuals can be moral, only that the society has tentatively derived the judgement on morality basing on religion. Anyone can be moral if they wish to be, and are not necessarily religious. (Wainwright) REFERENCES 1. Wainwright, William J. Religion and Morality. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2005. Print. 2. Hitlin, Steven and Stephen Vaisey. Handbook of the Sociology of Morality. New York: Springer, 2010. Print. 3. Nissen, Ulrik, Svend Andersen, and Lars Reuter. The Sources of Public Morality - On the Ethics and Religion Debate. Munster: LIT Verlag, 2003. Print.