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Religion refers to the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods. On the other hand, religious education entails an instruction in religion as a subject of a general education. Religious education contributes dynamically to children and young people’s education in schools by provoking challenging questions about meaning and purpose in life, beliefs about God, ultimate reality, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human. Therefore, the study focused at evaluating the role of religion in ensuring peace and harmony in society at some selected churches in Lusaka district, Zambia. The study employed both the qualitative and quantitative methods and a descriptive research design that sampled pastors, church elders, choir members and community members. Data was obtained from the respondents by means of interviews and questionnaires. Frequency tables, graphs, figures and pie-charts were used to analyze the qualitative data. Quantitative data was analyzed by the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 26) and Microsoft Excel (version 16). The findings showed that religion plays a vital role in society from the following responses; uniting divided societies, facilitating a dialogue about virtues foe shaping a better society, providing reconciliation which is based on Gods own reconciliation with sinful humanity, imposing equality among all humans without any facial discrimination, providing the sanctity of human kind and necessarily calls for equality and controlling deviance by means of ensuring peace in the society. The study also recommended that religious leaders must denounce all forms of fanaticism and racial discrimination based on religion, race, class, ethnicity, or descent. Additionally, the government must encourage religious leaders to cooperate with all relevant local institutions and authorities to highlight the true image of religions in their right conception.
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