Tribe
A tribe is a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader.
That leader is often not a ruler.
Tribalism is the state of being organized in or an advocate for a a traditional society consisting of families or communities.
In terms of conformity, tribalism may also refer in popular cultural terms to a way of thinking or behaving in which people are loyal to their own tribe or social group. The early Christian community was composed of such tribes much like early Israel although the word tribe was seldom used.
Tribalism has been defined as "a 'way of being' based upon variable combinations of kinship-based organization, reciprocal exchange, manual production, oral communication and analogical enquiry."
The early Church did use terms like kindred, brother, brethren, adoption, born again... all of which denote the idea of "kinship-based organization". The early Church like the Church in the wilderness united the people in natural systems much like the tribes of early Israel.
Customary tribes have their social foundations in some variation of tribal orientations based in common values and beliefs, while often taking on traditional practices (e.g. Abrahamic religions such as Christianity and Judaism), and modern practices, including monetary exchange, mobile communications, and modern education.
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