▁put ▁together ▁that ▁allows ▁people ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁anx iet ies ▁and ▁deal ▁with ▁mis fort une ." ▁ ▁Cultural ▁system ▁While ▁religion ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁define , ▁one ▁standard ▁model ▁of ▁religion , ▁used ▁in ▁religious ▁studies ▁courses , ▁was ▁proposed ▁by ▁Cl iff ord ▁Ge ert z , ▁who ▁simply ▁called ▁it ▁a ▁" c ult ural ▁system ". ▁A ▁critique ▁of ▁Ge ert z ' s ▁model ▁by ▁Tal al ▁As ad ▁categor ized ▁religion ▁as ▁" an ▁anth rop ological ▁category ". ▁Richard ▁Nie bu hr ' s ▁( 1 8 9 4 – 1 9 6 2 ) ▁five - fold ▁classification ▁of ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁Christ ▁and ▁culture , ▁however , ▁indicates ▁that ▁religion ▁and ▁culture ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁two ▁separate ▁systems , ▁though ▁not ▁without ▁some ▁inter play . ▁ ▁Social ▁construction ism ▁ ▁One ▁modern ▁academic ▁theory ▁of ▁religion , ▁social ▁construction ism , ▁says ▁that ▁religion ▁is ▁a ▁modern ▁concept ▁that ▁suggests ▁all ▁spiritual ▁practice ▁and ▁worship ▁follows ▁a ▁model ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Abraham ic ▁relig ions ▁as ▁an ▁orientation ▁system ▁that ▁helps ▁to ▁interpret ▁reality ▁and ▁define ▁human ▁be ings . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁main ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁this ▁theory ▁of ▁religion ▁are ▁Daniel ▁Dub u isson , ▁Tim othy ▁Fitz ger ald , ▁ ▁Tal al ▁As ad , ▁and ▁Jason ▁ Ā n anda ▁Joseph son . ▁The ▁social ▁construction ists ▁argue ▁that ▁religion ▁is ▁a ▁modern ▁concept ▁that ▁developed ▁from ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁was ▁then ▁applied ▁in app ropri