New History (Issue 6: History of Religious Culture)

Author: Chen Henggeng Xiang Xin
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Features: What is culture? Numerous scholars have defined and interpreted it from different perspectives, levels, and disciplines, but consensus has yet to be reached. It remains a relatively vague and inconclusive concept. It is undeniable that humans are the core of culture; culture only arises after the existence of humans. Different races, ethnicities, and even the same race or ethnicity in different eras all have distinct cultures. Today's "culture" is a derivative concept, originating from the Romantic movement. "Respecting local color" was the slogan of Romantics, aimed at highlighting ethnic identity to counter the universality of Enlightenment rationalism. Today, the history of religious culture has, to some extent, become a prominent field in academia, attracting a large number of scholars for research and achieving remarkable accomplishments, with the history of Christian culture being particularly notable.