The Influence of Culture and Religion
to Learner's Mindset
Matthew Macintosh C. Siccuan
Ms. Rox Juta Jimenez
Grade 11
October 20, 2022
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Background of the Study
I noticed that people have different religions and also have their own cultures, they have their own
beliefs and cultures that they practice nowadays, during the observation , I became curious, apart from being
Catholic, I also want to know and expand my thoughts, does god really exist?
Whatever the answer is, it might not be important in exploring the ways of how religion is linked with
cultural beliefs. Religion influences cultures, but it is also influenced by culture. Religion can play a big
part in the cultural identity of people, influencing how they dress, what and when they eat, and how they
behave. As we learn about diverse cultures, worth noting is that all of us are individuals. Rather than
generalizing, treat each other as an individual. Doing so will go a long way in creating a better environment
where we can all thrive. In this article, we shall discuss culture and determine why understanding diverse
groups is critical.
Research Problem
1. What methods do each religion use to strengthen their faith?
2. Are their beliefs affected by their opinions?
3. Who do they worship? how do they worship it and praise it and enrich their faith?
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study is to differentiate and examine students’ beliefs to know the different ways
that culture and religion influences a learner’s mindset, they need to understand religion’s profound impact
on history, politics, society, and culture. They should know basic religious facts and principles and recognize
the diversity that exists within each belief system across time and place.
Studying religion increases cultural awareness. Religion and culture are two topics that are intertwined.
The students will practice the task of selfhood by both building self-esteem and making possible the
acquisition of competencies crucial for one's well-being in increasingly diverse world culture.
Reviewed of Related Literature
In a research of the Professor of Christian ethics from the university of Oxford UK. Religion, belief and
culture should be recognized as potential sources of moral purpose and personal strength in healthcare,
enhancing the welfare of both clinicians and patients amidst the experience of ill-health, healing, suffering
and dying, also religion, culture, and beliefs give courage to doctors and patients to persevere their duties
and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Doctors must respect personal religious and cultural commitments, even if
they have different religions, they should respect and respect them, there is nothing wrong if you have
different beliefs, as long as you have a god, we are all different and our culture is also ours if we follow it.
Good doctorsunderstand their own beliefs and those of others. They hold that patient welfare is best served
by understanding the importance of religion, belief and culture to patients and colleagues. Doctor’s own
religion or culture may play an important role in promoting adherence to this good practice. In all matters,
doctors’conduct should be governed by the law and arrange-ments for conscientious objection that are in
effect.
Religion and Schooling
The conflicts with integrating religion in schools is whether it is perceived as exposure or indoctrination.
A suspicion of indoctrination can create in both the non-religious and the deeply orthodox. An example of
this, fear occurred this past year when a father threatened a teacher because she was teaching about Islam in
the class. It led to the closure of a whole school district (Robertson, 2015). If we are to have classrooms,
which are filled with vibrant students who are open to critical thought, we have to move beyond the anxiety
that any discussion on religion is the same as indoctrination. This is why the “trump card” of parental rights
in preventing students from being exposed to materials that may conflict with private teachings is
problematic (Rosenblith & Bindewald, 2014).
Religions in the Philippines
According to Wikipedia, there are different religions in the philippines, one of them is Christianity,
which has 88 percent of people who are christian in the philippines, the next is the catholic church which has
79 percent of people who are catholic, and the remaining 9 percent belong to Protestant, Orthodoxy ,
Restorationist and Independent Catholicism and other denominations such as Iglesia Filipina Independiente,
Iglesia ni Cristo, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Apostolic Catholic Church, United Church of Christ in the
Philippines, Members Church of God International (MCGI) and Pentecostals.
Based on the survey of the Report on International Religious Freedom, 5% of the population of the
Philippines is Muslim, making Islam the second largest religion in the country. Others moved to urban and
rural areas in different parts of the country, for example in the Muslim Town' district of Quiapo in Manila,
Baclaran in Parañaque, parts of Las Piñas, and Maharlika in Pasig), Metro Cebu, Baguio and the Calabarzon
region (Wayback Machine. May 29 2009).
Catholic Church in the Philippines
According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Catholic Church in the Philippines or the Filipino
Catholic Church is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual direction of the Pope and
the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. The Philippines is one of the two nations in Asia having
a substantial portion of the population professing the Catholic faith, along with East Timor, and has the third
largest Catholic population in the world.
Christianity was first brought to the Philippine islands by Spanish missionaries and settlers, who arrived
in waves beginning in the early 16th century in Cebu. Compared to the Spanish colonial period, when
Christianity was recognized as the state religion, the faith today is practiced in the context of a secular state.
Catholic Faith
According to Allen Grove, Ph.D. a worker/writer from ThoughtCo. The Catholic religion
is monotheistic, meaning that Catholics believe that there is only one supreme being, called God, The
Catholic God has three aspects, known as the Trinity. The Supreme Being is the creator, called God or God
the Father, who resides in heaven and watches over and guides everything on earth, the Holy Trinity is made
up of the Father (God), who has no origin and holds the sole power of creation; the Son (Jesus Christ) of
God, The legendary Founder of the Catholic Church was a Jewish man named Jesus Christ who lived in
Jerusalem and preached to a small group of followers.
Mary is the name of the human person who was the mother of Jesus Christ, a resident of Bethlehem and
Nazareth. She was told by an archangel that she would give birth to Christ as a virgin, and would remain a
virgin after the birth. On her death, her body went through the process known as "the assumption," becoming
the Queen of Heaven. The Apostles were the original 12 disciples of Christ: led by Peter, a Galilean
fisherman who might have been a follower of John the Baptist first. The others are Andrew, James the
Greater, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the Lesser, Jude, Simon, and Judas. After
Judas committed suicide, he was replaced by Matthias.Saints are people who lived an exceptionally holy life,
including many martyrs from the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, and afterward, are said to reside eternally with
God in heaven. The Pope is the supreme pastor for the Catholic church.
Catholic Culture
According to Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira a Brazilian intellectual and traditionalist Catholic activist,
the Church Is the Highest Ideal of Culture God’s masterpiece is the Holy Catholic Church, the image of
Heaven on Earth. Thus, the consideration of the Church, Her dogmas, Sacraments and institutions is a
supreme element of human improvement. Imagine a man born in some underground mine who had never
seen the light of day. Without this light, he would lose a precious and perhaps vital means of culturally
enriching himself. Culturally, those who do not know the Church lose much more than sunlight. Indeed, the
sun is nothing but a pale figure of the Church.
Other Reiligions in the Philippines
According to Diana Anthony, Protestant Christianity is the second-largest religious group in the
Philippines. Evangelical Protestantism was introduced into the Philippines by American missionaries after
the Spanish-American War between the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. Some Protestant groups which are
affiliated with the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) The third one is the Islam, Islam is the
third-largest religion in the Philippines after Catholicism and Christianity. The religion existed in the region
for around a century before the spread of Christianity.
Hinduism, Judaism, the Baha'i Faith, Indigenous Beliefs, Other Christians, and Atheists. Indigenous
traditions antecede the colonial religions of Islam and Christianity in the Philippines. The predominant views
are that of animism, beliefs that even non-living entities such trees and plants have spirits. Other Christian
groups in the country includes Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter-Day Saints, Assemblies of God, Seventh-day
Adventists, and numerous others.
Based on those who responded, they have a different cultural behavior in their religion, one of them is the
Non catholic christians , they don't make the sign of the cross that the catholic’s do, They are very different
from other religions when it comes to singing and praising, they do the Lord's supper, they also intercede,
they also do the annual celebrations of ministries or retreats. Based on another responder, The Adventist
movement does not have as strongly developed a culture as do the Amish. Adventists are more open to
outsiders and less of a separatist than the Amish, but if you grew up in an Adventist family, you know
that there is an Adventist culture. Vegetarian diet, established patterns of Sabbath-keeping, an insider
language, Adventist schools. Also according to the last responder, The Jehova’s Witnesses don’t do
‘panatang makabayan’ and ‘Lupang hinirang’ and don’t have ‘Sign of the cross’ and don’t celebrate
Christmas. In the opinion of a Non catholic Christian, “My values and morals affects my opinions,
because I have already instilled a truth. Instead of doing things that are not glorifying to God, my beliefs
helped and still is helping me avoid temptations.”
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- Joshua Horden Associate Professor of Christian Ethics
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- Robertson G (2015, December 18 )
- Wayback Machine, PSA
- 2013 Report on International Religious demography
- Inquirer Global Nation
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