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Geographies of ReligionGeographies of Religion

Chapter 6Chapter 6

Geographies of ReligionReligions in Global Context• Monotheistic vs. Polytheistic vs. Atheistic• Animistic• Syncretic

– Santeria– Candomblé

Religions in Global Context (cont’d)

• Cosmogony• Rituals• Universalizing vs. Ethnic

Religion• Civil Religion

Religions in Global Context (cont’d)

Religions in Global Context (cont’d)

Major Religions• Judaism• Christianity• Islam• Hinduism• Buddhism• Sikhism• Q: What is the

difference between“Islam” and “Muslim?”

Religious Hearths and Diffusion • Hearth

• Primary vs. Secondary Hearth• Diaspora

Religion Hearths and Diffusion (cont’d)

Religions of the Semitic Hearth• Religions

– Judaism– Christianity– Islam

• Diaspora

Religion Hearths and Diffusion (cont’d)

Religion Hearths and Diffusion (cont’d)

Religions of the Indic Hearth• Religions

– Hinduism– Buddhism– Sikhism

Religion, Societyand Globalization

Sacred Space: Jerusalem

Sacred Spaces (cont’d)• Pilgrimage• Community,

Identity, and Scale

• Religion and Settlement

• Sanctification

Religion, Society and Globalization (cont’d)

Sacred Spaces (cont’d)• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Religion, Society and Globalization (cont’d)

Q: Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict an issue strictly about religion or are there other factors?

Tradition and Change• Modernism• Secularization• Caste System• Religious

Fundamentalism• Islamic Traditionalism

– Jihad

Religion, Society and Globalization (cont’d)

Globalization of Renewalism• Renewalism• Prosperity Gospel• Megachurches

Religion, Society and Globalization (cont’d)

Globalization of Renewalism

Religion, Society and Globalization (cont’d)

Geopiety• Religious

Ecology• Environmental

Stewardship

Religion and Landscape

Religion, Natureand Landscape

Religion, Society and Globalization (cont’d)

What a Geographe

r Sees: Deathscap

es

Q: If you were to make a map of “Birthscapes,” what locations would you look to map?