Religion and culture - common ground
Religion has always been of great importance fordevelopment of culture in the process of civilization of mankind. Religion and culture are closely and inextricably linked, and the change in beliefs affects the development of culture in the most direct way. For example, the influence of religion on ancient culture revealed the ancient Greek mythology, which, in turn, gave rise to the ancient theater and had a great influence on European culture. Titian, Shakespeare, Mozart, Rubens often turned to her in their creations. Biblical myths gave rise to new images in art, and evangelical subjects became an inexhaustible inspiration for many artists, poets and musicians.
Religion and culture are merged together from the verythe origin of the history of mankind. And the influence of the change in religion on the development of culture is very clearly demonstrated by the adoption of Orthodoxy in Russia, which brought the country to an entirely new level of development. Orthodoxy left its heritage in the culture in the form of temple construction, printing books, writing icons, making vestments. All this applies to material culture. In addition, a big trace left the church in the spirituality of the people. Here a great influence on the formation of consciousness was provided by spiritual music, sermons and creeds.
Religion as a form of culture was reflected in"Trinity" Rublev, "The Last Supper" and other subjects in the painting; in a variety of beautiful temples in architecture; as well as in sculpture and music. As for literature, the influence of religion is especially evident here, especially for the greatest books - the Bible, the Koran and the Vedas, which are the container of wisdom, kindness and truth, a source of creative inspiration. Old Russian literature described the lives of the righteous, later the images of people who were examples of holiness began to appear in fiction.
The role of religion in culture is undeniable and there issuch an opinion that without religion there can be no real culture. A Christian of high culture should be likened to Jesus Christ, who did not see differences between peoples, for him there were only people as such. He must have true charity, which is the movement of the soul, and not the fulfillment of one's duty and the path to salvation. He must be a highly moral, tolerant and humble person, the main thing for which in life is love to all people, not condemnation and forgiveness.
We have already found out that religion and culture havecommon roots. Culture is the connection of generations, it is the cult of ancestors. Ancient culture had a great influence on the Christian church, the Roman, in turn - on the Catholic, Byzantine culture took a significant place in the Orthodox. This affects the architecture of the churches, the writing of icons, religious music and literature. Through religious culture, the church brings people to the world of art, develops artistic perception in them.
Religion and culture are inseparable, since religionhas a fairly large influence on secular culture, which gives artistic images and stories from its history. The absence of these images would greatly impoverish this very culture and deprive it of artistic expressiveness. Since ancient times man realized that he does not go on life himself, that there are those supernatural forces that control and rule the world. That is, from the very beginning the culture was under the influence of religion, at first primitive and purely intuitive, then higher and more conscious.
Religion keeps society within limitscultural model, it is the key to history. It is impossible to understand the culture of a society without knowing the religion that is behind it. Religious inspiration created the first artistic images in literature, in the erection of temples and the manufacture of sculptures. The desire for higher powers and their patronage in primitive religions generated shamans and sacred dances, in the higher - the creation of temples, icons and divine liturgy. Therefore, each great culture is a tandem of the divine movement and the human.
