However, there have been many attempts in the modern pluralistic situation to distinguish culture from religion. Domenic Marbaniang has argued that elements grounded on beliefs of a metaphysical nature (religious) are distinct from elements grounded on nature and the natural (cultural). For instance, language (with its grammar) is a cultural element while sacralization of language in which a particular religious scripture is written is more often a religious practice. The same applies to music and the arts. Criticism Criticism of religion is criticism of the ideas, the truth, or the practice of religion, including its political and social implications. See also Cosmogony Index of religion-related articles Life stance List of foods with religious symbolism List of religion-related awards List of religious texts Matriarchal religion Nontheistic religions Outline of religion Parody religions Ethics in religion Philosophy of religion Priest Religion and happiness Religion and peacebuilding Religions by country Religious conversion Religious discrimination Social conditioning Socialization Temple Theocracy Theology of religions Timeline of religion Why is there something rather than nothing? The State Museum of the History of Religion Notes References Sources Primary Lao Tzu; Tao Te Ching (Victor H. Mair translator); Bantam (1998). The Holy Bible, King James Version; New American Library (1974). The Koran; Penguin (2000), . The Origin of Live & Death, African Creation Myths; Heinemann (1966). Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia; Penguin (1971). Selected Work Marcus Tullius Cicero Secondary Yves Coppens, Origines de l'homme – De la matière à la conscience, De Vive Voix, Paris, 2010 Yves Coppens, La preistoria dell'uomo, Jaca Book, Milano, 2011 Descartes, René; Meditations on First Philosophy; Bobbs-Merrill (1960), . Dow, James W. (2007), A Scientific Definition of Religion Durant, Will (& Ariel (uncredited)); Our Oriental Heritage; MJF Books (1997), . Durant, Will (& Ariel (uncredited)); Caesar and Christ; MJF Books (1994), Durant, Will (& Ariel (uncredited)); The Age of Faith; Simon & Schuster (1980), . Marija Gimbutas 1989. The Language of the Goddess. Thames and Hudson New York Gonick, Larry; The Cartoon History of the Universe; Doubleday, vol. 1 (1978) , vol. II (1994) , W.W. Norton, vol. III (2002) . Haisch, Bernard The God Theory: Universes, Zero-point Fields, and What's Behind It All—discussion of science vs. religion (Preface), Red Wheel/Weiser, 2006, Khanbaghi, A., The Fire, the Star and the Cross: Minority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern Iran (IB Tauris; 2006) 268 pages. Social, political and cultural history of