Question: Details: Individual cultures share values, customs, and beliefs

Question:

Details:

Individual cultures share values, customs, and beliefs. However, some values, customs, and beliefs are shared across cultures. In this assignment, you will explore the cross-cultural nature of values, customs, and beliefs.

General Information:

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Directions:

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (12-15 slides with speaker notes for each slide) comparing at least three customs, values, and beliefs that are shared across cultures/religions as addressed throughout the course.

See the attachment for a list of possible customs, values, or beliefs you may choose for this assignment.

In your presentation, do the following for each custom, value, or belief selected:

1. Define the custom, value, or belief.
2. Compare and contrast the custom, value, or belief across at least two religions/societies.
3. Show how the custom, value, or belief influences the cultures.

Your textbook will provide a good starting point for your research. In addition, you must use, at minimum, two other reputable academic sources. These sources can be primary or secondary sources, including primary source documents, scholarly journals, other texts or comparable academic sources. They must be appropriately cited and referenced in a references list slide. The references list slide is not included in the slide count.

Topic Options for Shared Customs, Values, and Beliefs PowerPoint

Ancestor worship

The Flood Narrative

Mandate of Heaven vs. Divine Right to Kingship vs. Emperor Worship

Notion of Saints and Prophets

Marriage Traditions

Kinship Systems

Approach to Law and Justice

Creation Stories

Class Systems

Monotheism, Polytheism, animism, shamanism, etc.

Gender Roles

Ritual sacrifice

Slavery

Belief in Afterlife/death rituals