The Effects of Religious Beliefs in Cultural and Civilizations

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Introduction “What is Culture” and “What is Religion?” In doing this it comes to see that Civilization is inseparable element that attaches with culture and religion as a result or consequence of their development. In the history of Religious study, the importance and involvement of culture has been noted significant and important. Culture, in anthropology, is the patterns of behavior and thinking as people living in social groups learn, create, and share. Culture distinguishes one human group from others. It also distinguishes humans from other animals. A people’s culture includes their beliefs, rules of behavior, language, rituals, art, and technology, styles of dress, ways of producing and cooking food, religion, and political and economic systems. Culture is the most important concept in anthropology, the study of all aspects of human life. Anthropologists commonly use the term culture to refer to a society or group in which many or all people live and think in the same ways. Thus, the terms culture and society are somewhat interchangeable. Culture has several distinguishing characteristics. (1) It is based on symbols-abstract ways of referring to and understanding ideas, objects, feelings, or behaviors-and the ability to communicate with symbols using language. (2) Culture is shared. People in the same society share common behaviors and ways of thinking through culture. (3) Culture is learned. While people biologically inherit many physical traits and behavioral instincts, culture is socially inherited. A person must learn culture from other people in a society. (4) Culture is adaptive. People use culture to flexibly and quickly adjust to changes in the world around them. Anthropologists have described a number of different categories of culture. For example, a simple distinction can be made between cultural objects, such as types of clothing, and
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