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    “How do culture and society relate to each other“ 2.4 Discuss how social anthropologists attempt to define ‘culture’ and ‘society’ What is culture and what is society? Even though these two definitions are closely related to each other‚ culture and society is not the same thing. While cultures are complexes of learned behavior patterns and perceptions‚ societies are groups of people who directly or indirectly interact with each other. People in societies also generally perceive that

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    it is exactly these doctrines that Fundamentalist Mormons still strive to up hold. So‚ on one side we have a fairly well-established‚ proven religion with members such as Kevin J. Foxe and Jon Heder‚ compared to a newfangled‚ ever popular religion that has members such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta. One of the main doctrines practiced by fundamentalist Mormons is polygamy. This is having more than one husband‚ or more than one wife. Polygamy is legal in almost 50 countries‚

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    Question #1 – We know that culture is simply a way of life practiced by a society‚ therefore society creates culture and such culture as passed on from generation to generation. However there are many reason a culture may change. Changes come in the way of environment‚ inventions‚ innovation‚ technology and contact with other cultures. Material culture is an element of culture. A few examples of material culture are clothing‚ toys‚ and housing. These are continually changing elements of culture.

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    deviant and not in another would be polygamy. In most of American society‚ polygamy is considered a deviant behavior. Having more than one spouse is nearly unthought-of though not unheard of in America. The factors that contributed to the perspective of polygamy being considered deviant behavior is based on the Old Testament of the Christian bible stating that marriage is between one man and one woman‚ which is also homosexuality is frowned upon. Radical sects of the Mormon religion‚ certain tribes in Africa

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    Ch. 2 Characteristics of Culture The Concept of Culture Culture is Learned Culture is Shared Culture is Based on Symbols Culture Gives Meaning to Reality Functions of Culture Culture and Change Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism What is Culture? Superstructure: Superstructure A culture’s worldview‚ including morals and values‚ oftentimes grounded in religion Social structure: structure The rule-governed relationships—with all their rights and obligations—that hold members of a society

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    Joseph later transcribed the words on the Tablets and put it in a book ‚ called the book of Mormons . He than officially founded the church of the latter day saints in 1830 with several followers helping. Mormonism is a suspected cult. Because it has certain characteristics that fit into the description of cult.

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    In Canada we have a strong belief that we should accept one another‚ it is considered to be what makes us Canadian. Following this logic we should therefore accommodate a large amount of nationalities. There are exceptions to this rule; they can’t infringe upon a person rights‚ which I find reasonable. We have‚ in our past‚ committed our share of atrocities and made a few mistakes. We have caused a great deal of harm to the First Nations people‚ and we sent back 10000 Jewish refugees back to Nazi

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    The Transcendentalists are by far the most important movement in this chapter. Summarize what an APUSH student should know about them. The early transcendentalists included the essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was a feminist‚ social reformer‚ and author. Other transcendentalists included Margaret Fuller‚ Minister Theodore Parker‚ and the naturalist and author Henry David Thoreau. Transcendentalists maintained that truth transcended the senses and it couldn’t not be found

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    Kaitlyn Decker Mrs. DeMarchi English 4‚ Period 7 November 4‚ 2010 Marriage Essay Marriage‚ like the United States Constitution‚ is a living‚ breathing object. The history of marriage for the American society was founded by different cultures such as Hebrew‚ Germanic‚ Roman and many more. Later it was shaped by the Christian church along with other factors displaying themselves in the country such as the Industrial Revolution and the Protestant Reformation. Marriage in the twenty-first

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    life translating the Hebrew text to the real world of God in a book he names “The Book of Mormon”. Ten years after the first vision in 1830‚ Joseph Smith Jr released “The Book of Mormon” and began his branch of religion called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.The difference between Christianity and Mormonism is that Mormons practiced things at the time were unimaginable‚ such as polygamy. Mormons believed they weren’t doing anything wrong because they believed that Joseph Smith Jr. was

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