Study of the Relation of Piety and Social Alienation (case study: students of Tarbiat Modares University)

Some evidence indicate that there are various generation, political, cultural etc. gaps in current situation of Iran's society which can lead to social alienation; separation of values, norms and what so ever belong to social system. From functionalist view, religion is influential in improving relation of people and society. The purpose of this article is study of social alienation feeling in university students and its relation to piety. This article is based on a survey research data from a sample which is consisting of 370 students of Tarbiat Modares University. The findings indicate the high level of alienation feeling and also on the base of functionalistic theories of religion; piety is the decreasing factor of social alienation.