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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > religion in public life > material culture
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of religion > global religion > religion in public life > material culture

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material culture  

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  • Material culture can defined as the embodiment in various media of the impulse and ability of living creatures for survival, communication, and creativity in the world. For humans, it encompasses both mundane and artistic creation and use, and reciprocal relationships between objects and individuals, and it often reflects and influences societal values, ideas, attitudes, and assumptions.Religion and Material CultureReligious material culture includes artifacts texts, interior and exterior environments or landscapes, and architecture that expresses communal and individual belief, affiliation, or faith. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Material Culture]

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