Religious traditions in the context of "Cultural system"

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⭐ Core Definition: Religious traditions

Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, ethics, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings.

The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sacred texts, symbols, and holy places, that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena. Religious practice may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, matrimonial and funerary services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, or public service.

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Religious traditions in the context of Mourning

Mourning is the emotional expression in response to a major life event causing grief, especially loss. It typically occurs as a result of someone's death, especially a loved one.

The word describes a complex of behaviors in which the bereaved participate or are expected to participate, the expression of which varies by culture. Wearing black clothes is one practice followed in many countries, though other forms of dress are seen. Those most affected by the loss of a loved one often observe a period of mourning, marked by withdrawal from social events and quiet, respectful behavior in some cultures, though in others mourning is a collective experience. People may follow religious traditions for such occasions.

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Social system → Cultural system → Religious behaviour → Ethics in religion → Morals → Belief → Worldview → Religious text → Sanctified places → Prophecies → Religious organization → Supernatural → Transcendence (religion) → Spirituality → Essentially contested concept → Divine → Sacredness → Faith → Sacred histories → Narrative → Mythologies → Sacred texts → Religious symbol → Holy places → Origin of life → Religious cosmology → Ritual → Sermon → Deities → Saint → Sacrifice → Religious festival → Feast → Trance → Initiation → Matrimonial → Funerary → Meditation → Prayer → Religious music → Religious art → Religious dance → Public service →