Question

When Luther traveled to South America, he visited many different countries and experienced a variety of cultures. He tried different foods, witnessed some rituals that he had never encountered, and heard different languages spoken. He found that even though this was very different from his way of life, he could appreciate the richness of what he saw and tried to understand how those traditions might work for the people who lived there. What was Luther practicing? Group of answer choicesA.cultural relativismB. ethnocentrismC. assimilationD. cultural modeling

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Cultural relativism is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The idea that a person's  values, practices and beliefs should be understood in context of their culture instead of judging them against the criteria of another. Franz Boas was the first person to use it in anthropological research and later his students popularised it, but he didn't coined the term. This term was first used by social theorist Alain Locke in his book Culture and Ethnology