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Why study religion? Religion is a major aspect of every human culture. In all civilizations in the world, religion helps shape the institutions of law and government, influences family and parenting practices, plays a major role in attitudes toward medicine and science, and resonates in the creative work of artists and writers.
About This Image:
Hand of Buddha in Nagoya, Japan.
Credits:
photography by Justin McDaniel