Below is a list of common social problems discussed in the literature.

Environmental issues
   Natural disasters
   Population pressures
   Pollution
   Industrial revolution (and other tools)
   Urbanization and housing

Problems of hierarchy
   Economic inequality
   Sexism
   Racism
   Agism

Problems of violence
   War & terrorism
   Family
   Non-family

Intolerance: Sin as Social Problems
   Prejudice
   Drug abuse
   Prostitution
   Homosexuality