NUSC 1167 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Quran, Emulsion, Rastafari
15 Sep 2016
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Religion-based food habits are the most variable of the culturally based food habits. South america, north america, and asia are mostly christianity. Us is not an accurate representation of the world in terms of religion percentages. People eat / avoid certain foods depending on religious beliefs. Roles of food in religion: communicate with god, demonstrate faith, develop discipline through fasting. Religions which have food rules: christianity (communion, christmas, islam (holidays, hinduism, judaism, sikhism, buddhism, seventh-day adventist church, rastafarian movement. Hinduism: animal flesh is prohibited except lamb, chicken, fish (semi- vegetarianism, strict hindus are vegetarian, cow is held in high regard so they don"t eat beef. Sikhism: prohibit all animal flesh and any food that"s halal or kosher, no alcohol. Buddhism: strict vegans (no animal flesh or animal products) Seventh-day adventist: lacto-ovo-vegetarians, no animal flesh, but will eat eggs and milk.
