Religion is one cultural aspect that plays a very influential role in the choices of foods consumed in cultures all around the world. Religions put certain boundaries that determine people’s food values and how people make their own food choices. In Part 2, you will introduce the main religions and investigate their impacts on food culture and people’s diet in the Korean Culture and Cuisine.
In Part 2, you will write a post to briefly introduce the main religions and their impacts on food on Korean Culture and Cuisine. This assignment does not require you to conduct a comprehensive examination of every religion in the culture (you need several books or more to accomplish this). Instead, you might want to have an overview of religions, followed by a discussion of each major religion, such as its beliefs and concepts. You also need to investigate the beliefs and rationales for religious dietary practices and laws to understand the reasons for nutritional and dietary customs in a religion. Evaluate the dietary practices, restrictions, and laws in each major religion under discussion. Your writing should end with a synthesis of the impacts of religion on food choices and diets.
Specifically, please include the following when you draft the post:
Summarize the overall religious situation and its impacts on food in your assigned Asian culture
Define each religion’s key concepts and beliefs
Delineate the religious beliefs (or rationales) expressed as food customs
Evaluate each religion’s dietary practices, restrictions, and laws
Synthesize the impacts of religion on food culture and people’s diet in your assigned Asian culture
