Judaism
Culture Region (Region)
Location and number of adherents: They are major located in Israel, Europe, USA and have 15 million followers.
Teachings and Principles/Beliefs: Judaism does not have a formal mandatory beliefs. The most common and accepted of Jewish beliefs are Rambam's 13 principles of faith, but even those are debated. Judaism focuses on the relationships between the Creator, mankind, and the land of Israel.
Icons: Mezuzah,Tzitzit and Tallit are reminders of the commandments.The menorah is the ancient universal symbol of Judaism. The Magen David (Star) is a modern Jewish symbol. Jews wear a skullcap (yarmulke) as a pious custom. Chai is the number 18, which is a favorable number. The Hamesh Hand is common in Jewish jewelry, but its connection to Judaism is questionable.
Teachings and Principles/Beliefs: Judaism does not have a formal mandatory beliefs. The most common and accepted of Jewish beliefs are Rambam's 13 principles of faith, but even those are debated. Judaism focuses on the relationships between the Creator, mankind, and the land of Israel.
Icons: Mezuzah,Tzitzit and Tallit are reminders of the commandments.The menorah is the ancient universal symbol of Judaism. The Magen David (Star) is a modern Jewish symbol. Jews wear a skullcap (yarmulke) as a pious custom. Chai is the number 18, which is a favorable number. The Hamesh Hand is common in Jewish jewelry, but its connection to Judaism is questionable.
Diffusion (Mobility)
History: It was founded in 1800 BC, during Abraham's pact with Yahweh.
Types of Diffusion, including Barriers: Abraham started to preach the religion and his children brought the religion to Egypt. It was a Hierarchical and after that an expansion diffusion.
Leaders and Religious Founders: the Religious are Moses or Abraham.
Sects and Fragmentations: Their are three major split sects from Judaism, which are Hasidic Jews, Orthodox Jews and Practicing Jews.
Types of Diffusion, including Barriers: Abraham started to preach the religion and his children brought the religion to Egypt. It was a Hierarchical and after that an expansion diffusion.
Leaders and Religious Founders: the Religious are Moses or Abraham.
Sects and Fragmentations: Their are three major split sects from Judaism, which are Hasidic Jews, Orthodox Jews and Practicing Jews.
Religious Ecology (Nature-Culture)
Relationship with Nature: They believe that creator shaped nature after his image, he construct the image after the ability to discern and reason. Humanity has can be both good and evil, but one has the free to choose good or evil.
Environment and Religion Interaction: Judaism had never the central focus on ecological issues, but they believe that their responsibility is to take care of earth, not only for the present, also for the future too.
Environment and Religion Interaction: Judaism had never the central focus on ecological issues, but they believe that their responsibility is to take care of earth, not only for the present, also for the future too.
Culture Integration (Globalization)
Economic Impacts and Relationship: "The Torah is replete with precepts dealing with business, and the Talmud, the source of Jewish oral law, elaborates and expands Torah law. The process is ongoing and rabbinical authorities today build on the decisions of their predecessors to apply Jewish law to modern problems. Some of the issues examined in this paper include: honesty in the marketplace, fair pricing, employer-employee relations, and environmental issues." - Hershey H. Friedman; The Impact of Jewish Values on Marketing and Business Practices
Pilgrimage: The most pilgrimages are during Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Political impacts: The 10 Commandments are a good summery of the most modern law in the most Western Laws, which are the laws, traditions, culture and values are directly come from Judaism.
Pilgrimage: The most pilgrimages are during Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Political impacts: The 10 Commandments are a good summery of the most modern law in the most Western Laws, which are the laws, traditions, culture and values are directly come from Judaism.
Cultural Landscapes (Cultural Landscapes)
Structures: In Judaism is no "formal" structure, it has no centralized leadership strucure at all, because the various traditions like orthodox, conservative, or reform have all their own leader, no one, who governs over them all as in
the Catholic Church or in other religions.
Sacred Places: Are cities like Jerusalem, Safed,Hebron and Tiberias, even Israel itself.
Sacred Space: Jews worship in synagogues, but their also used for education and community.
the Catholic Church or in other religions.
Sacred Places: Are cities like Jerusalem, Safed,Hebron and Tiberias, even Israel itself.
Sacred Space: Jews worship in synagogues, but their also used for education and community.