ASPECTS OF CULTURE

CULTURE

• Meaning; a word for people's 'way of life', meaning the way they do things.
• Culture is seen in people's writing, religion, music, clothes, cooking, and in what they do.
• A culture is passed on to the next generation by learning; genetics are passed on by heredity.

CHRISTIANITY

• religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
• Christianity is the world's largest religion.
• Christianity is an Abrahamic religion that began as a Jewish sect in the mid-1st century.

JUDAISM

• Definition: the monotheistic religion of the Jews.
• Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, and forms of organization.
• Judaism has its roots as a structured religion in the Middle East during the Bronze Age.

HINDUISM

• Defined as as a religion, a religious tradition, and a set of religious beliefs.
• Hinduism is often called the "oldest religion" or "oldest living religion" in the world.
• Hinduism consists of many diverse traditions and has no single founder.

BUDDHISM

• Based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha; "the awakened one".
• Buddhism remains most popular within Asia and India.
• Buddhism is also recognized as one of the fastest growing religions in the world.

ISLAM

• religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
• Essential to Islam is the belief that Allah is the one and true God with no partner or equal.
• The Quran, the sacred text of Islam, contains the teachings of the Prophet that were revealed from Allah.

SIKHISM

• monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent.
• Sikhism is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world
• Sikhism preaches a message of remembrance of God at all times, and truthful living.

ANIMISM

• Definition; The belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena.
• "Animism" is said to describe the most common thread of indigenous peoples' "spiritual" perspectives.
• Examples of Animism can be found in Hinduism and Buddhism.

URBAN

• in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.
• Urban areas are created and developed via process of urbanization
• Urban areas may be cities or towns.

RURAL

• In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside; rather than towns.
• Whatever is not urban is considered rural.
• Different countries have varying definitions of "rural" for statistical and administrative purposes.

MULTICULTURAL

• Of, relating to, or constituting several cultural or ethnic groups within society.
• It is closely associated with “identity politics,” and “the politics of difference."
• It is also a matter of economic interests and political power.

GENDER ROLES

• the public image of being male or female that a person presents to others.
• Gender roles differ from the biological roles of men and women.
• Example; women's biological roles extend their gender roles to food preparation and household maintenance.

SOCIAL CLASS

• people having the same social, economic, or educational status.
• Historically social class and behavior was sometimes laid down in law.
• the most common being the upper, middle, and lower classes.

SOCIAL MOBILITY

• Movement of individuals or groups in social standing position
• More commonly it refers to individuals or families and their change in income.
• It also typically refers to vertical mobility but can also refer to horizontal mobility.