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Institutions including religion, government, economics, education, and families give important examples of culture and help drive changes and developments in various aspects of culture. |
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These can be applied to behavioral, conceptual and material culture.
Particular religious traditions have been highly influential in culture.
Abrahamic religions have been and still are highly influential. Judaism has had an important influence on culture. Christianity, including Old Christianity, Protestantism, Orthodoxy, and Mormonism has also been influential in culture. Catholicism has been highly influential. Islam has also been influential in culture.
Pagan religion such as European pagan, Asian pagan, African pagan, American Indian pagan, and neopagan religion has been influential.
Asiatic religions have been influential in parts of the world. Indian religion including Buddhism, Hinduism, Sihkism, and Jainism has also been influential. Oriental religion including Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto has been influential. Persian religion including Zoroastrianism, Manicheanism, and Mithraism has also been influential.
Secularist traditions have also been influential.
Religious organization such as unstructured, fragmented, and highly structured organization, practice, and belief will help.
Particular governments have been important. International government including traditional empires and colonial empires has been significant. Modern compacts including temporary alliances, special-purpose organizations, regional bodies have been significant. World governments such as the old League of Nations and United Nations have connections to culture. National and local governments have had an important place. Government activities have also been influential. State relations including warfare, diplomacy, and espionage have been useful. Administration also seems to be important. Succession including election, inheritance, appointment, and seizure can be considered. Government structure including forms of government, heads of state, executive systems, legislative systems, judical systems, and political parties has influenced it substantially. Law including International law, Western law, Asiatic law, and tribal law may b useful.
Economic systems including system behavior, system types, networks, and firms have an influence on culture. Industries including particular companies such as Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP, and agriculture, manufacturing and extraction, building and construction, social and medical, transportation, communication, and commercial and financial industries contribute substantially to culture. Economic activity including production, trade and exchange, and production is very useful in examining culture.
Particular schools including primary schools, secondary schools, and higher education are useful. Educational organization including educational administration, faculty, students, and course material will be useful. Cultural institutions such as performance venues, libraries, and museums are useful in creating and transmitting culture.Teaching and research are significant.
Particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage are the primary means of transmitting culture.