It is seen that a nation is born with a religious essence, but some nations do get birth depending on the strength of cultural aspects. But religion influences the presence of cultural identity a lot.
Does religion have a great impact on the cultural entity?
From my point of view, religion does have an impact on culture. I think that the way the question is formulated, a way in which "religion" and "culture" seem to be linked, it seems - I insist - that here religion is seen from a cultural perspective. And, from that cultural dimension of religion, I think it certainly has an impact on social life. The reason may be the fact that many cities enhance and support their cultural elements of a religious nature, such as cathedrals, churches, Holy Week processions in Spain, visits to religious buildings, or the Camino de Santiago itself. All this has to do with the religious fact, with religion, and has an impact on social and economic life. All of these elements are religious elements, yes, but also cultural. Therefore, religion impacts culture. On the other hand, there would be the possibility of considering the impact of religion on culture from an approach related to the personal beliefs of different people.
Absolutely! Religion often plays a significant role in shaping cultural values, norms, and traditions. It influences how people perceive the world, their ethical beliefs, rituals, ceremonies, and moral codes within a society. Religion and culture are intertwined and must cooperate. For example, there are certain cultural aspects linked to the Hebrew religion in the Old Testament Bible, like shaving the head or cutting hair during bereavement. It is the culture that was practiced by the Hebrew people during the process of mourning.
هناك مدارس فكرية ترى أن لغة الدين لغة واقعية ولها دلالات معرفية وهى تعبّر عن الواقع، تمثّل هذا الاتجاه الواقعى جلّ المدارس الفكرية الإسلامية وبعض المدارس الغربية مثل نظرية "التمثيل"، ونظرية "التشبيه"، و"الاشتراك المعنوى" وغيرها. والثاني المباحث التى تتعلّق بتبيين وتحليل القضايا العقدية والكلامية وهي القضايا التى موضوعها "الله" ومحمولها "الصفات الكمالية"، ت
This question feeds into the current Western debate about secularism. The belief (of the secularists) has been that we may continue to enjoy the cultural fruits/benefits of religion whilst simultaneously re-engineering the same culture to be without the religious and ethical underpinnings which gave rise to that culture. In practice, in the West, this stance has tended to focus on Christianity - which gave rise to hospitals, hospices, palliative care, orphanages, schools, universities, the philosophy of science - as well as more general concepts such as community, care of the weak and vulnerable, freedom of speech and belief etc.
An increasing number of academics (Tom Holland, Roger Scruton, Francis Schaeffer, Carl Trueman etc) have observed that it is not possible to separate the cultural benefits from the metaphysical beliefs that gave rise to them. True enough, after some seventy years of the secularist project in the UK, we are seeing a profound and marked deterioration in these cultural benefits as Christian belief (and the articulation of that belief within the public square) has been pushed right to the margins of society.