Religion maintains the status quo. Access arguments for and against this

The term ‘Status Quo' descends from the Latin term meaning the "existing state of affairs". To maintain status quo is to keep things in society the way they currently are. Marxists, feminists, functionalists and fundamentalists all have views on how religion has the ability to keep the status quo.
Feminists predominantly see religion as a conservative force. They have seen religion as maintaining patriarchy. Christianity, especially, has evidence to support this view; "Our Father" is mainly seen as a male figure and Eve was created as a "friend" for Adam. This supports the view that religion serves to keep women in the traditional place; less important than men.
However, some evidence shows that this may not have always been true. Such examples include many Goddesses that play a main role in Green and Roman religion; all women.
From the Marxist perspective, religion is a ‘conservative force'.......

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