Marriage and Religion

• Marriage


  A socially recognized union between two or more people that establishes rights and obligations between them and their children
• Types of Marriage

  • Monogamy
  • Polygamy
• Monogamy

  Marriage between two individuals
• Polygamy

  Marriage involving multiple spouses
• Forms of Polygamy

  • Polygyny
  • Polyandry
• Polygyny


  One man having multiple wives
• Polyandry


  One woman having multiple husbands
• Marriage Types

  • Arranged Marriages
  • Love Marriages
• Arranged Marriages

  Couples are chosen by families or communities based on social, economic, or political considerations
• Love Marriages

  Couples choose their partners based on romantic feelings and personal preferences
• Marriage practices vary widely across cultures, influenced by factors such as religion, tradition, and societal norms
• Marriage Practices

  • Endogamy
  • Exogamy
• Endogamy


  Marrying within one's own social group
• Exogamy

  Marrying outside of one's social group
• Functions of Marriage

  • Reproduction
  • Social Cohesion
  • Economic Cooperation
  • Social Status and Identity
• Reproduction


  Marriage often serves as the institution for producing and raising children
• Social Cohesion

  Marriage strengthens social bonds between families and communities
• Economic Cooperation

  Marriage can facilitate economic cooperation and resource-sharing between spouses and families
• Social Status and Identity

  Marriage can confer social status and identity upon individuals within society
• Marriage ceremonies vary widely across cultures, often involving rituals, ceremonies, and symbolic gestures to mark the union of the couple
• These ceremonies may include exchanges of gifts, vows, rituals to bless the union, and celebrations with family and community members
• Attitudes towards marriage are evolving in response to social, economic, and cultural changes
• Traditional marriage practices may be challenged or adapted to reflect modern values and lifestyles
• Religion

  A system of beliefs and practices that people use to make sense of the world around them and their place in it
• Different cultures have different religions, and within each culture, there can be various beliefs and practices
• Cultural Globalization


  The process by which ideas, beliefs, and practices spread across the world, breaking down barriers between different cultures
• Cultural globalization happens through things like trade, travel, and technology, which allow people to share their culture with others
• As cultures interact more, they often influence each other, leading to changes in beliefs, practices, and traditions
• Globalization affects religion

  By spreading religious ideas and practices to new areas and cultures
• Globalization can lead to the blending of different religious traditions


  As people from different cultures interact and share beliefs
• Globalization can also challenge traditional religious beliefs and practices


  As people are exposed to new ideas and ways of thinking
• Examples of religious globalization

  • Spread of Christianity or Islam to new parts of the world through missionary work or trade
  • Decline of traditional religious practices as people adopt new beliefs or ways of life influenced by globalization
  • Revival or reinvention of traditional beliefs and practices as people seek to preserve their cultural identity in a changing world