The search for wellbeing has been expressed in different ways over time. In recent years wellbeing both as concept and lived reality has gained increasing prominence in international education literature.
Although frequently neglected in wellbeing research, there is an emerging body of research that connects human wellbeing and religion. Overall, this research shows that religion is good for wellbeing, with certain aspects of religion better correlated with certain aspects of wellbeing.
However, religious identity can be stigmatised at school and at work, and this is often supported by narratives in mainstream media that represent those of a religious identity as naïve, uncaring, and/or fanatical. Further, the experiences of those from a traditionally majority religious position which goes into rapid decline are a subject of some concern internationally.