MARRIED IN DIFFERENT RELIGION AND CULTURE

ABSTARCK

The full paper will make to answer these question

1. What is religion?
2. How many religion in the world?
3. What is culture?
4. What is most culture in the world?

INTRODUCTION

Religion and culture are two undivided subjects in a country. Religion has a very mystical nature and
culture has mystical and something to do with human habits. However, some people are married to
different religions and cultures. It is what causing a cultural fusion and of course, a religions transition
from one on the other religion.

In this full paper, we discuss the effect and the benefit to our life with married in different religion and
culture.

DISCUSSION

1. WHAT IS RELIGION AND CULTURE

Religion is the set of beliefs, feelings, dogmas and practices that define the relations
between human being and sacred or divinity. A given religion is defined by specific
elements of a community of believers: dogmas, sacred books, rites, worship,
sacrament, moral prescription, interdicts, organization. The majority of religions have
developed starting from a revelation based on the exemplary history of a nation, of a
prophet or a wise man who taught an ideal of life.
The Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition goes a step further,
defining culture as shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive
constructs and understanding that are learned by socialization. Thus, it can be
seen as the growth of a group identity fostered by social patterns unique to the
group. 

2. MANY KINDS OF RELIGION

 Christianity
 Islam
 Hindusm
 Secular
 Buddhism
 Chinese traditional religion
 Primal indigenous
 Sikhism
 Yoruba religion
  Juche
 Spiritism
 Judaism
 Baha’i
 Jainism
 Shinto
 Cao dai
 Tenrikyo
 Neo paganism
 Unitarian universalism

3. GOOD AND BAD EFFECT MARRIED IN DIFFERENT RELIGION DAN CULTURE

 BAD EFFECT
1. Language barriers The first obstacle that must be faced in inter-national
marriages is different languages. Usually couples overcome this in the early
stages of the relationship by trying to use a universal language, for example
English. But communication will feel more drag when the middle of an argument.
Because people tend to be more comfortable using mother tongue in conditions
like this. Language barriers can also be difficult during family visits. Especially if
none of the family members can communicate in the same language with a
partner. If you have this, of course, one must be ready to be a bridge of
communication between couples and families.

2. Problems with immigration All couples certainly hope that the procedures that
must be passed to make their marriage recognized by both countries run
smoothly. But in the majority of cases there are definitely obstacles encountered
when dealing with the authorities in this bureaucratic matter. Ask for other
couples who have gone through a similar process and both parties must be
patient and support each other in undergoing each set of procedures.

3. Different perceptions regarding marriage Depending on the country of origin

and gender, usually the two parties in a marriage of different cultures have
different ways of looking at marriage. Isn't this problem solved before marriage?
It is true, but couples who have likened the vision and mission in fact still often
experience differences of opinion in small details relating to their perceptions of
marriage. Usually one tends to be more relaxed, while her partner tends to be
more conservative.

4. Different views on religion This one problem is also almost the same as the
view of marriage that was discussed earlier. Even though the beliefs have been
equated, it does not mean that the religious problem is settled. Of course there
are still statements about worship habits, rituals, or values that are used in
addressing a problem.
 5. Exclusive community An expatriate who is married to a local citizen also
usually remains more comfortable hanging out with people from his own country.
This exclusive community can make it difficult to mingle with partner culture. 6.
Hope in a different life Cultural differences in marriage can lead to different
expectations about life in general. This problem can become even more serious
for couples from different races and continents. Because the values received
since childhood are even more likely the difference. 7. Relationships with family
and friends Sometimes the relationship with a partner's family runs quite
smoothly, sometimes it can also feel suffocating. Sometimes family members
tend to interfere in spouse marriages. For some couples this is still
understandable. While others may consider this behavior to violate the privacy of
a partner.

 GOOD EFFECT
Healthy behaviors and lifestyles
Beyond its integrative function, emphasized above, marriage also has a regulative
function. Married individuals, especially men, are more likely than their single
counterparts to have someone who closely monitors their health-related conduct;
marriage also contributes to self-regulation and the internalization of norms for
healthful behavior (Umberson 1987). Positive and negative externalities within
marriage also play a role: when an individual behaves in a way that is conducive
to good health, the benefits spill over to the spouse; similarly, unhealthy
behaviors inflict damage not only on the individual but also on the partner. In this
way, marriage promotes healthy conduct. In addition, the enhanced sense of
meaning and purpose provided by marriage inhibits self-destructive activities
(Gove 1973). Consistent with this channel of causality, married individuals have
lower rates of mortality for virtually all causes of death in which the person’s
psychological condition and behavior play a major role, including suicide and
cirrhosis of the liver (Gove 1973). Lillard and Waite (1995) find that for men (but
not for women) there is a substantial decline in the risk of death immediately
after marriage, which suggests that the regulation of health behaviors is a key
mechanism linking marriage to physical health benefits in the case of men.

Economic well-being
A large body of literature documents that married men earn higher wages than
their single counterparts. This differential, known as the “marriage premium,” is
sizable. A rigorous and thorough statistical analysis by Korenman and Neumark
(1991) reports that married white men in America earn 11 percent more than their
never-married counterparts, controlling for all the standard human capital
variables. Between 50 and 80 percent of the effect remains, depending on the
specification, after correcting for selectivity into marriage based on fixed
unobservable characteristics. Other research shows that married people have
higher family income than the nonmarried, with the gap between the family
income of married and single women being wider than that between married and
single men (Hahn 1993). In addition, married people on average have higher
 levels of wealth and assets (Lupton and Smith 2003). The magnitude of the
difference depends on the precise measure used, but in all cases is far more than
twice that of other household types, suggesting that this result is not merely due to
the aggregation of two persons’ wealth.

CONCLUSION

Getting married in different culture and religion have many bad effect and good effect, but it depends
on who makes it. Loss is not hindrance to a relationship when it is approved by the lord and excess
becomes an incentive to live with it. Profits and shortcomings will surely come and go through the lives
of both cultural and religions and religious and cultural marriages.