Shape Our Culture
There are many aspects that shape our modern culture. Religions, media, families, society in general are just a hand full of the many things that shape our culture.
Religion has a huge affect on culture. Culture is transmitted, through language, material objects, ritual, institutions, and art, from one generation to the next. It is noticeable everywhere you go. Religion is based on these factors to spread their word'. Holy buildings, like churches and mosques, are the hot spot to shape our culture. Language is used to teach the congregation (or similar) with the repeated call and responses and lots of long winded readings from their holy book. They obey to the language that they hear coming from the priest, from the moment the mass begins.
Material objects are used throughout religion. There is always a Holy Book. This book, like the priest's calls, is obeyed word for word. The Commandments tell you exactly what not to do and they are strictly followed. There are …show more content…
They have authoritative control over the affairs of others. Government provide internal and external security, order, and justice; most are involved in providing welfare services, regulating the economy, and establishing educational systems. These all shape our culture. In totalitarianism, the government' is given absolute power over not only all economic and political matters but the attitudes, values, and beliefs of its population, erasing the distinction between country and society. The goal of the country (or state) is the replacement of existing society with a perfect society. A key example of this is Nazi Germany which attempted to establish the superiority of their Aryan race. All Nazis had to be a non-Jewish Caucasian with blond hair and blue eyes. This shaped Germany's culture in the 1940s to become a single unit. There was a lack of individualism and less of the obvious separate culture traits between each
Religion has a huge affect on culture. Culture is transmitted, through language, material objects, ritual, institutions, and art, from one generation to the next. It is noticeable everywhere you go. Religion is based on these factors to spread their word'. Holy buildings, like churches and mosques, are the hot spot to shape our culture. Language is used to teach the congregation (or similar) with the repeated call and responses and lots of long winded readings from their holy book. They obey to the language that they hear coming from the priest, from the moment the mass begins.
Material objects are used throughout religion. There is always a Holy Book. This book, like the priest's calls, is obeyed word for word. The Commandments tell you exactly what not to do and they are strictly followed. There are …show more content…
They have authoritative control over the affairs of others. Government provide internal and external security, order, and justice; most are involved in providing welfare services, regulating the economy, and establishing educational systems. These all shape our culture. In totalitarianism, the government' is given absolute power over not only all economic and political matters but the attitudes, values, and beliefs of its population, erasing the distinction between country and society. The goal of the country (or state) is the replacement of existing society with a perfect society. A key example of this is Nazi Germany which attempted to establish the superiority of their Aryan race. All Nazis had to be a non-Jewish Caucasian with blond hair and blue eyes. This shaped Germany's culture in the 1940s to become a single unit. There was a lack of individualism and less of the obvious separate culture traits between each