ABSTRACT
Possible relationships and causal effects between religious affiliation and beliefs, on the one hand, and social and political views on the other hand, will be explored in this chapter. It might be said that we are dealing with the connections of several sets of beliefs or identifications, which most people possess at the same time. Political and social attitudes reflect a person's beliefs regarding the social order, the divisions of power and positions around him. They reflect the way he regards those in power, those more or less fortunate than himself, and those whom he considers different or peculiar because of race, nationality or tradition. The findings in this area have implications both in terms of the social consequences of religious behaviour, theoretically speaking, and in terms of everyday social behaviour in the social and political domain.
