Islamic Religious Education and Its Stress-Relieving Aspects

This study has been written in order to reveal the remedies brought by the religion of Islam, which makes human beings the most valuable of creations, against stress and present them to people's knowledge. Religious education offers people a happy and peaceful life, teaching them that even the worst experiences they may face make sense. Thus, religious education gives person knowledge and attitudes about how to deal with stress in the face of a stressful event. At this point, knowing causes of stress will make applicability of religious education more effective. The main purpose of the article is to reveal the role of religious education in coping with stress. In addition, it was discussed in the study whether religious practices affect attitudes of coping with stress. In the article, a literature review was made by using various sources in order to reveal situation related to stress and religious education in detail. Various books, magazines and daily media tools written on the subject constitute our main source. After examining relevant literature, results obtained were evaluated and various suggestions were made. It is thought that findings obtained in the study will bring new definitions and new applications to discipline of religious education