Meaning of Marriage in Different Cultures

Marriage is the unification between a man and a woman, instituted and ordained by God, for the lifelong relationship between one man as husband and one woman as a wife. This is what the ritual of marriage means in Christian churches. Many people choose not to marry in the Christian church due to the strict format you have to follow. However, based on my ethnographic results and research, there are wide ranges of options where marriages in Catholic and Anglican religions can be adapted to, however; it is directed by their Church authorities to a certain degree.

Marriage is a significant part of Judaism bringing together a woman and man under God’s reign. It is the mitzvah (122) “To marry a wife by means of ketubah and keddushin” (Deut 22:13), all Jewish adherents see marriage as a necessity in order to obey God and to experience the fullness of life. In Genesis God says: “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” It is a link between individuals and the wider community as it recognises two individuals coming together, celebrated by the wider community. Also the marriage ceremony itself contains symbolic significance to Judaism, conveying Jewish beliefs through symbols, actions and words.

It can be argued that one of the most important aspects of culture are marriages. The union of two people to symbolize the propagation of a system of belief and ideas passed down which become inherent to their identity. Almost every culture has some type of marriage ritual in which unite two different families and create an integral bond. Yet the similarities in the placed importance of marriage traditions are not the same across the board, and their traditions also differ as well. Each culture or group of people have different marriage customs, and do not share the same meaning of what a marriage is or what it holds in society. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how American marriage culture is different from Arab or Chinese. The paper

Marriage practices vary across cultures. Every culture has its own way of conducting marriage according to their traditions and customs. Most cultures share common customs and practices, while some cultures have unique practices. Marriage refers to a social union agreed upon by the couples to unit as spouses. The union of couples implies sexual relations, permanence in union, and procreation. This research paper focuses on comparing marriage practices in American and Indian culture. There is significant difference between the two cultures in marriage practices.

According to The First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, marriage and divorce are two concepts of life that are sentimental to the entire nature and progress of human life. Whereas in The Koran, marriage is something that is done for the fulfillment of what God intended for man to do in the world. In both religions, which is Christianity and Islam, marriage is an acceptance that has to be done, but under a will from the humanity. Both Christianity and Islam practice marriage as an ordained activity that has to be done to mark human progression, which is followed by the continuation of human life in the world, supported by the God’s plan of creation in the world. Both Christianity and Muslim observe the legal

In Hinduism, marriage is a way where two family get together and be able to fulfill their religious

This phase specifically focuses on the moment in which both people are no longer individuals but are yet to be legalised as husband and wife and considered active parts of the Jewish community. This progression occurs during the chuppah ceremony, composed of both the Kiddushin and Nisu’in. Through involvement in the Kiddushin, a transaction from man to woman transpires, signifying the male characters intentions to become wed (Naftali Silberberg, 2018) and uphold the requirement of the community. As future members of the Jewish community it is required that the couple provide for one another and their family in addition to all other members of the Jewish faith. During the Liminal stage of the ritual, it is often common for a monetary transaction to be given to the female, in addition to a written statement. Within Jewish faith it is mandatory that a marriage document, the ketubah, be written, entailing and representing how and what the male figure agrees to provide for his counterpart and the Jewish society. All items of possession from both the bride and groom become that of the Jewish community and this moment is perceived as an essential part of the wedding ritual which signifies the couples intentions to not only provide for themselves and their family but also the whole of the Jewish community. These

Why do people get married? What do marriages stand for? Marriage is a union between two people who wish to unite their life together. The reason that people today get married is for love. However, marriage means more than love. A reason why many people get married is that they have found companionship, love, and comfort in another person. The idea of a marriage has different meanings to people. Some marry for money, love or resources. In modern times, many philosophies have changed throughout the year. In her book marriage, Juliet H severance states that ¨marriage institution claim that it offers the best possible opportunity for individual and collective happiness…¨(severance 3) Marriage is a way to achieve happiness. Many ideas of marriage have changed. However, some ideas and still exist. Marriage is a form of motivation, regardless of their reasons. The reason people get married is mainly love, money, and traditions.

Throughout the world, there are many different religions; from Christians to Catholics to Hinduism and even Muslims. However, what most people don’t know, is that some religions have complete different meanings yet still have the same practices and sacraments. Christianity started around one century AD in the Roman Province of Judea. Opposed to the Islamic religion, their place of origin originally was created in Arabian Peninsula of Mecca. The founder of Christianity is The Lord Jesus Christ, however Muslims believe that “Jesus” is a prophet. According to the Islam, Prophet Muhammad founded the religion during the seventh century. One of the most differential conflicts between the religions, is the way of marriage. Christians are married by

Marriage is we all know is the fundamental structure of for the society that exist in this world, but in the Muslim community marriage is place in a higher position in their culture and religion and they believe that marriage should be provide for all that qualifies to have a family since in Islamic teaching a person is only able to marry only if they can both support his wife and family which in a sense acts as a protection for the women making sure that at least the husband can take care of her and the family. “Make the ones among you who are alone to get married as well as the virtuous ones!” (XXIV, 32). In many teachings in the hadith the stress out the importance of marriage and how it is not only a happy event, but also a serious and sacred event with Allah “The one who gets married or is about to get married to make Allah like him is worth of Allah’s friendship.” Next we will discuss how the agreement of the marriage is to be created and how it becomes official and legal in the eyes of the state and Islamic teachings the action that must be made to this agreement official would be both parties must make sure no impediments are to happen with the marriage, the blessing and consent of both parties for this marriage, a date, the dower and legal

In Ryan T. Anderson, Robert P. George, and Sherif Girgis’s groundbreaking nonfiction novel, What is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense, the researchers demand a clear definition of marriage in its “perfect” form by personifying the two sides. The main argument centers on a revisionist view of marriage versus a conjugal view. While the book does not utilize characters like a fictional novel, this nonfiction piece showcases the revisionist side and conjugal side to likes of two dueling foes in an adventure novel. This idea is known as personification. This literary device is used to portray objects, elements, and ideas of a story with human attributes. The revisionist “character” takes the form of the modern definition of marriage as it applies to the emotional and sexual bonds between individuals. The revisionist point of view is personified by the wedding of Partilla and Riddell. The example couple an executive and an anchor met in their children’s pre-k classroom—married to other people. After five years, the Partilla and Riddell didn’t want to “‘deny their feelings and live dishonestly’…[so] they chose to abandon their spouses and children” (Anderson, George, Girgis 3). The story presented “sees marriage as the union of two people who commit to romantic partnership and domestic life: essentially an emotional union,

When a men and a women get married they commit themselves to spending their lives in a new relationship. It is a partnership of love, made richer and deeper through sex. Like many people, Christians regard it as best context for nurturing children, it is also seen as the best (many Christians would say the only) setting of sex. If the marriage begins with a wedding service in a Christian church, the minister conducting the wedding reminds all present that marriage forms part of a pattern of life established by God. The first marriage that the bible tells of is between Adan and his wife, Eve. God declared. “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” There is rarely divorce without pain. Even when divorce come as a relief, it follows the pain of broken relationship and dreams, and great anxiety about the impact on children. Christians seek to uphold the seriousness of wedding responding with compassion to deep hurts by recognizing that divorce is sometimes necessary. Other traditional and important emphasized virginity and sexual abstinence. In conflict with the first traditional, marriage was a second-rate institutions for those who could not handle celibacy. Celibacy was the ideal, but marriage was a compromise for those who could not live up to

Marriage “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law” (Merriam-Webster). In my research I will be discussing the progression of marriage in south Asia. South Asia is a well-known region for countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka etc. The birthplace of both Hinduism and Buddhism originated in south Asia and it’s the world 's third and fourth largest religions. In the 7th century A.D Islam arrived with the Arab conquest. “The Gate of Islam,” is what the Arab Empire called Pakistan and till this day and age the country still remains predominantly an Islamic nation. South Asia has a very wide distinct ethnic group, these

So this topic that I have been wanting to address for awhile. I was talking to a friend the other day about the whole dating aspect of BYU-Idaho as well as just in the Mormon community. Now my friend grew up outside of the church and so she has seen both the Mormon culture of dating as well as the way that the world does it. Now she pointed out to me something that I never really thought of before. She told me that it almost seems like we are so focused on the aspect of dating and getting married because in our culture that is something that we strongly believe in because of the covenants that we make with marriage. She said that we are in a sense having these arranged type of marriages, in the sense that everyone around us is telling us to date this person or that person or get married because it is a commandment and we are making these decisions not because we truly love this person or we even truly believe that we want to get married, or even fully understand the promises we will be making to that person and also to God. We aren't fully making this decision because we truly believe that it is a good choice but because others around us think so and to me that does seem a little bit like an arranged marriage.

Today, the idea of marriage conjures images of bashful brides beautifully draped in all white, of grandiose flower arrangements climbing towards the ceiling, of romance personified. As an institution in this modern world, marriage represents the apex of romantic love, with an entire industry of magazines, movies, and television shows devoted to perpetuating marriage as an idealized symbol of the ultimate love between two people. Contrarily, as a sociological institution, marriage comes from much more clinical and impersonal origins, contrasting with the passion surrounding modern understandings of the institution. Notably, french anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss theorizes that the institution of marriage emerged from a need to form alliances between groups, with women functioning as the property exchanged so that such alliances could be solidified (Levi-Strauss).