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Cultural Differences Between Catholicism And Judaism

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Both Catholicism and Judaism are sources of great comfort and relief for their members in their capacities as religions, communities, and cultural identities. That said, the two cultural groups differ in the nature of the stressors members of each group face and how they cope with them. To learn about how a Catholic experiences and handles stress, the Jewish writer interviewed a Catholic friend. When asked what stressors she faced as a direct result of her Catholic identity, the interviewee was unable to think of any, except for perhaps the pressure from other Christians to go to church more often. A Jewish person often experiences more urgent stress such as the historical and ongoing defamation and murder of Jews in Europe and South West

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