INTST101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: National Science Foundation Network, International Trade, Tai Chi
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Religion defined as re-ligio , linking back of humanity to its origins e. g. , in god. Bibby sociologist that has shown that over 90% of people worldwide say they believe in some kind of god. Impact of religion on culture/way of life: historically, enormous: ethics/morals, food/music, art/architecture, literature and pop culture, politics and economics. Frye wrote book that states that every literature written is basically a footnote on the bible. E. g. , weber on link between protestantism and capitalism: first interest on economics and how they came into being. Questioned why the first societies were capitalists, so he went through several criteria to figure it out. What all the countries had in common: that majority of the people were. Protestant: protestantism brought with it things that developed capitalism, individualism more common in protestant (individual relationship with god) than catholic, literacy catholics kept their mass and bible in. Latin while the protestants translated it in their individual languages.