Sociological explanation of the impact of the institution of religion on political participation (Case Study: People Golestan)

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SEYEDHADI  MOSTAFAVI ¹ (دانشجوی دکترای جامعه شناسی، واحد نراق‌، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، نراق، ایران)
Mohammad Hossein  Pouryani ² (Deputy of Education in Naraq University)
ALIREZA  MOHSENI TABRIZI ³ (Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, First Consultant)
hossein  ajdarizadeh ⁴ (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Naragh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naragh, Iran, Second Consultant)

Received: 2020-08-01 Accepted : 2021-05-20 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: religiosity, political participation, religious affiliations, religious duties, religious ceremonies,

Abstract :

this study is a sociological explanation of the impact of religiosity on political participation.Our society has undergone many social changes over time and is in transition from traditional to modern society.Obviously,understanding the quantity and quality of political participation is all the more necessary.So that the political situation in a country and ina smaller division(city)can determine the awareness and political behavior of the people of a society towards political and social issues.The purpose of this article is to identify political participation and explain the sociological impact of religiosity on it. The research method in this study is a survey and the assessment tool is a questionnaire. The statistical population included men and women aged18to65years in Golestan province.The sample size of 400 people in this province has been studied by stratified random sampling method.Research results; There is a relationship between independent variables including:religious awareness,religious studies, performing duties, adherence to religious issues and participation in religious ceremonies with the dependent variable,ie political participation.In addition, according to statistical tests, there is a significant difference between socio-economic status and education and age groups of individuals with political participation,but there is no significant difference between gender and political participation.Based on the analysis of the route,from the sum of the results of direct and indirect effects of the variables,it wasfound that the variable of participating in religious ceremonies had themost impact on political participation with0.229%.The results show that 0.108% of the total changes of the dependent variable are explained by the analytical model of path analysis.