Are religion and culture inter related? Please substantiate.?

Answer 1

They are intrinsically inter related. Religion has to do with faith of a community which is reflected in their living as their culture. On the definition of religion itself, the deeper issue lies between those who conceive it as having a super natural foundation in God's revelation and authority, and those who think of religion as having a purely natural origin in certain human tendencies, which makes it no different from philosophy and science as an element of culture. Under the first category comes the Semitic religions differently preached by different preachers claiming to be apostles to whom God revealed the Truth.

The Indian culture belongs to the second category in which the religious truth and the cultural truth are directly connected to the Nature in whom they see the gradual unfolding of the Truth. And for that in the ever going eternal process of evolution they watch and worship the Nature and feel that they themselves are also part of the same Nature which evolves from matter (Anna) to Life (Prana); and from life to Mind (Mana); and from mind to Intelligence (Vignyana); and from thence to Bliss (Ananda). The development of Art and Science is at the level of Mind and Intelligence. That is why they call their religion as a way of llife to attain the ultimateTruth.

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan who was a Professor for long in the Oxford University and Sri Aurobindo who spent his childhood and youth in England, have both held the same view. As a result, in India, there is a religion which does not get organised around individuals, rather it is a way of life lived according to the eternal principles of a changing society. In India the culture, the civilisation, the history and the religion are all synonyms. It is protected by time because it eternally accepts changes without allowing the eternal principles to loose ground on which it is solidly based. It does not attempt to unite the mankind under its umbrella. On the other hand, it presumes that the whole mankind is a single family ( Vasudheiva Kutumbakam) and the differences inter-se are temporary which gets cleansed by the power of Nature from time to time. That power operates to bring the human society back to its track which has a tendency to go out of track due to self-pride and conceit, ego and ignorance, and all the more artificiality and excessive materialism. The present clash among the Semitic groups is also believed to a part of the Cosmic play of Nature.

Answer 2

Religion and culture are inter-related.

The word culture could be used to describe the shared understandings and common experiences of a group of people. What makes a culture a culture is that they have a similar understanding of the world (not identical of course), and enough shared experience that each person understands the language, rites, rituals etc.

This common cultural experience is what makes you understand me, and me understand you.

Conversely, when a person enters a culture that they have never encountered before, they have no understanding, or only some basic presumptuous understanding, about the rites, rituals, language (ie all of the connotations that words have, beyond dictionary definition.)

An example would be the word "conservative". The dictionary definition is not relevant. What the word means to everyone is the important thing, and it is the shared television watching experiences, political discussion etc that allows everyone to know what someone really means when they say it.

In fact, you could almost describe the rites and rituals as a language as well. For example when I put a ring on a your finger, I am saying quite a lot.

Obviously, a shared religion provides an enormous amount of shared experiences, shared language, shared world view. If these are the things that make a culture a culture, then I think your answer is clear.

Religion and culture are inter-related.

Answer 3

All human beings think there is some supreme power and all require some kind of discipline to make the lives of people better,all need food clothes and shelter,and also some rules for the better functioning of the society.

Answer 4

yes i do think that... the culture is born from the religion... mine 4000 year old civilization and i am not able to change the culture of my self

Answer 5

The two are commonly intertwined (but can be separated if we work at it).

Sometimes, one is mistaken for the other (and vice versa).

Cordially,
John

Answer 6

of course. study any religion and you will get the answer. do some research on your own. try different website.

Answer 7

ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT CULTURED RELIGION OR RELIGIOUS CULTURE?

Answer 8

I think it might be true.Why do you ask?

Answer 9

CULTURE=HERITAGE ...WHICH='s RELIGIOUS BELIEFS