Question

What would be the major differences between cultural and religious groups?

Answer 1

Well, how far do they spread? What happens when you move people from one area to another. Take Dominant American Culture, or DAC, and the Jewish immigrants. What parts of Jewish religious culture have they kept or lost and what parts of their locational culture have they kept or lost. Have they adopted DAC completely? Then think about Asians that follow Buddhism, Middle Eastern Muslims, and so on. What have they kept or lost as they migrate. How have things changed in the places they moved from.

As you think about it, you will see that a lot of the differences have to do with location and movement of these things.

Answer 2

Ok, what is DAC?

Answer 3

As it says, "Take Dominant American Culture, or DAC..."

Answer 4

Basically, DAC is the generalized culture for the entire USA. There are regional differences, but DAC does not account for those.

Answer 5

Let me give another example.

So Christianity started in the Roman Empire. From there is spread. But Imperial Roman Culture is dead now and Christianity is still alive. This shows two more differences in religious vs. cultural groups. The cultural group has changed to modern Italy, England, and everything else that was once part of Imperial Rome. Each has a specific cultural group. But Christianity has moved all over and exists in completely new places.

Answer 6

The historical Imperial Roman religions are effectively dead. They died with the culture. Christianity did not. So what lived and what does may be related or not. It depends on how closely the two are tied.

Answer 7

Well, I think there is lots to think about there and put into your own words. I am sure you can see the relationship and differences more clearly now.

Answer 8

I'll put it in my words for sure! thank you

Answer 9

No wait isn't the Roman Culture now changed into Christianity?

Answer 10

Not really. The Roman Religion changed to Christianity. But the Roman Culture as a whole died off. Places went back to local cultures or became other things.

Answer 11

Oh yes, sorry I meant Roman Religion.

Answer 12

Latin people were or (are) from the Roman Culture right?

Answer 13

Yes. That changed before the Empire completley fell. From a technical standpoint, the Empire was this:
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Which is huge. That helped spead Christianity at the start. But, when the Dark Ages happend, all the science and learning of old Rome was lost for decades. That is why they called it the Dark Ages. Science took a huge step backwards.

When Rome fell, Chrisitanity stayed. Itallian, Hispanic, British, etc. cultures came back. Roman Imperial Culture was toast, as was the last followers of their older gods. And new things came to the front.

Answer 14

Latin the Language was the official language of Rome. Latin, as in related to Itially, Spain, and everything between, is sort of a side effect of how they moved people around and changed the local languages of many cultures.

Answer 15

I see, so basically that is called Migration in a way?

Answer 16

It is a form of Migration.

Answer 17

I sociology a migration is a physical movement of people between social systems. So like the Romans going all over and moving armies around, moving people as slaves, etc. was a type of push and pull that was outside the control of the people involved.

Answer 18

The migration of say Irish to the USA was caused by the push of the Potato Famine in Ireland and the Pull of Free Land and the American Dream. (FYI: The "American Dream" is actually a term coined by a French man about people that move to the USA to do better.)

Answer 19

Now, those Irish were Christians. They came to parts of the USA populated by other Christians. So there was no real religious change when they moved. But their culture became sublimated into the DAC over time. They lost their Gaelic accents and picked up the local Boston accents, etc.

Answer 20

When the Irish came to the USA, they were treated worse than the blacks. The term Paddy Wagon is a derogatory reference to having to arrest drunken Irish that comes from that time. As they absorbed the culture, all that changed. So their religion never changed and did not conflict with the local religions, but their cultural migration was a requirement of their physical one. Though, they also changed DAC. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated everywhere in the USA. It was NOT a big deal before the Irish came to the USA. So that part of Irish culture became part of the DAC.