RLG101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: J. K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, John Grisham
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Religion cannot be separated from studies of culture which like religion, is not straightforward. Culture" is not an entity in itself-culture is something that is done, found in material products and most of all what people do. Raymond williams: types of culture: culture as an ideal, culture in a documentary sense, culture in a social sense. Mark-out and distinguish particular types of product which are thought to be of high quality and of considerable artistic worth. One could say the study of culture is the attempt by humans to reach perfection and civilization through cultural expressions. Williams describes the study of culture as primarily a process of discovering and describing the peaks of human expression. Of the christian bible and the qur"an in islam influence the english language and. Found in the dome of the rock, notre dame cathedral have texts inscribed in words and in artwork.