Faculty member of the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Arak.
10.22034/nrr.2026.65714.1430
Abstract
Challenges and crises are an inseparable part of human life at the individual and social levels. The important issue in these situations is maintaining the balance of individuals, societies, and political systems after facing challenges and recovering themselves. This issue has been the subject of many studies under the title of resilience, and its dimensions, factors, and examples have been studied. In numerous studies, religion has been mentioned as one of the factors affecting resilience. Therefore, the issue has been addressed here with a combined approach, that is, extra-religious and intra-religious on the one hand, and functionalist and teleological on the other. In this article, I try to present a theoretical explanation of this issue through a descriptive-analytical study of the relationship between religion and social resilience in general and from a sociological perspective on the one hand, and by looking at some Quranic teachings on the other. I am seeking to answer the question of how religion can affect social resilience? The findings indicate that religion, by playing a fundamental role in the individual and social belief system in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral dimensions, can be considered a very effective factor in social resilience by "giving identity and meaning to human life," "drawing a vision of human life," "giving hope to humans," and "integrating society."
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