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Chapter 6: Religions
Unit 3
Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
• Introducing Religions
• 5 Major World Religions:
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Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
• Atheism—belief that God/the divine does not exist
• Agnosticism—belief that the existence of God/the divine cannot be proven
Basics of Religion
• Introducing Religions:
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Universalizing Religion:
Ethnic Religion:
Monotheistic Religion:
Polytheistic Religion
P. 186-187
Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
• Distribution of Christians
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Congregation:
Denomination:
Branch:
What are the branches of Christianity?
Which is the largest and oldest branch of Christianity?
P. 188-189
Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
• Distribution of Muslims
• Sunni
• Shiite (Shia, Shi’ah)
• Distribution of Buddhists
• Syncretic
• Distribution of Hindus
• Chinese Traditional Ethnic Religions/Philosophies:
• Confucianism
• Taoism
Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
• Distribution of Ethnic Religions
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Animism—inanimate objects, natural events, etc. have spirits and life
Sikhism
Judaism
Shintoism
Why Do Religions Have Distinctive
Distribution?
• Origin of Christianity and Islam in Asia
• Christianity:
• Jesus Christ
• Islam:
• Bethlehem, Jerusalem
• 8-4 BC
• Muhammed
• Mecca
• 570 AD
• 5 Pillars of Islam
• Origin of Buddhism
• Siddhartha Gautama
• 563 BC
• Nepal
• Four Noble Truths
Why Do Religions Have Distinctive
Distribution?
• Historical Diffusion of Religions
• Christianity: hierarchical and contagious diffusion
• Islam: relocation diffusion (hierarchical?)
• Recent Migration of…
• Christians (p. 202-203)
• Muslims (p.204)
• Jews (p. 205)
Why Do Religions Organize Space in
Distinctive Patterns?
• Places of Worship:
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Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Why Do Religions Organize Space in
Distinctive Patterns?
• Administration of space
• Hierarchical Religions
• Roman Catholicism
• Locally autonomous religions
• Islam
• Protestant Christianity
• Sacred Spaces
• Pilgrimage
• Holy places
• Disposal of the dead
Why Do Religions Organize Space in
Distinctive Patterns?
• Religious Calendars:
• Universalizing—typically follow the main events in a founder’s life
• Birth, death, miracles, pilgrimages, etc.
• Judaism—based on events in the agricultural calendar in Israel
• Major events of Jewish history
• Ethnic religions—solstice
Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among
Religious Groups?
• India: Hinduism and the caste system
• Communism and religion
• Taliban and Western values
• Fundamentalism
• Jews vs. Palestinians in Israel/Palestine