Religion and culture : revisiting a close relative

Religion and culture always exist in a close relation. Together with aesthetics and ethics, religion constitutes culture. As ethnicity becomes part of the related concepts, the relation with religion needs explanation. This article wants to emphasise that when studying religion, a study of culture i...

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Vydané v:Hervormde teologiese studies Ročník 73; číslo 1; s. 1 - 9
Hlavný autor: Beyers, Jaco
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Pretoria AOSIS 2017
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Reformed Theological College of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria and Society for Practical Theology in South Africa
Predmet:
Aesthetics
Anthropology
Apartheid
Comparative religion
Cultural studies
Culture
Ethnicity
Identity
Materialism
Migration
post-Apartheid South Africa
Postcolonialism
reconciliation
Religion
Religious studies
South Africa
ISSN:0259-9422, 2072-8050, 2072-8050
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Shrnutí:Religion and culture always exist in a close relation. Together with aesthetics and ethics, religion constitutes culture. As ethnicity becomes part of the related concepts, the relation with religion needs explanation. This article wants to emphasise that when studying religion, a study of culture is necessary. This statement is argued from three positions: (1) cultural migrations occurring worldwide, (2) religion as cultural identity marker causing the borders between culture and religion to blur and (3) the location of religion within culture causing religion to act as custodian of culture. This results in a situation where any signs of animosity towards culture are interpreted as opposition towards religion. All three arguments necessitate studying ethnicity when studying religion.
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ISSN:0259-9422
2072-8050
2072-8050
DOI:10.4102/hts.v73i1.3864