Manuscript Title:

THAI POPULATION DOCTRINES COMPLIANCE FOR PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING REINFORCEMENT AMONG RELIGIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Author:

Wanchai Panjan, Orathai Chuacharoen, Passakorn Ruangvanit, Kitti Chunhasriwong, Walaipon Arjareewatt

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/ZFD7S

Published : 2021-06-23

About the author(s)

1. Wanchai Panjan - Faculty of Human Resource Development, Ramkhamhaeng University.
2. Orathai Chuacharoen - Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University.
3. Passakorn Ruangvanit - Faculty of Human Resource Development, Ramkhamhaeng University.
4. Kitti Chunhasriwong - Faculty of Human Resource Development, Ramkhamhaeng University.
5. Walaipon Arjareewattana - Faculty of Human Resource Development, Ramkhamhaeng University.
6. Anek Praditharom - Faculty of Human Resource Development, Ramkhamhaeng University.

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Abstract

This research aims to 1) study Thai population compliance with doctrines, 2) study the good understandings among religions, and 3) study the practical application of doctrines. Thai population who are more than 13 years old is used as a sample group. 2,858 representatives of the 5 religions; Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Brahmanism-Hinduism and Sikhism, from each region and a Bangkok district were selected. Therefore, the total number of people is 20,006 in the sample group. Questionnaire was used for collecting data while statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, F-test, and P-value. Research results show that (1) Doctrines compliance: It was found that in overall, 92.64% of the votaries comply with their doctrines. When considered by individual religions, all (100%) Brahman and Hindus and Sikhs comply with their doctrines, followed by 93.72% of Islamic, 93.26% of Christians, and 75.19% of Buddhists. (2) Good understanding among religions: It was found that in overall, 51.58% of the votaries well understand one another among their religions. Christians have the best understanding with 83.75%, followed by 58.11% of Islamic, 55.29% of Buddhists, 42.86% of Brahman and Hindus, and 17.86% of Sikhs. (3) Practical application of doctrines: It was found that in overall, 97.56% of the votaries practically apply their doctrines. The most are the Brahman and Hindus and Sikhs (100%), followed by 98.23% of Islamic, 97.55% of Christians, and 92.02% of Buddhists.(4) Comparison results of doctrines compliance, good understanding among religions, and its practical application show that various types of votaries have different doctrines compliance, good understanding among religions and its practical application with statistical significance at 0.05 level while different sex, age, education, region, and occupation have no difference with statistical significance at 0.05 level.


Keywords

Doctrines Compliance, Good Understanding Among Religions, Practical Application of Doctrines.