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Culture: Religion. Religion maps--perspectives. Definitions Subgroups resolution. What is a religion?. Teachings that imply a value system Include a notion of the sacred Many have creation story. Religions also may teach:. Law Politics Social mores Sexual relations Physical fitness
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Religion maps--perspectives • Definitions • Subgroups • resolution
What is a religion? • Teachings that imply a value system • Include a notion of the sacred • Many have creation story
Religions also may teach: • Law • Politics • Social mores • Sexual relations • Physical fitness • Cleanliness • Eating habits • decoration
Kinds of religions? • Monotheistic v polytheistic • Global v ethnic (universal versus ethnic) • Shamanism • Animism • Hierarchical v autonomous • Fundamentalist • denomination
Predominant religions • Christianity • Islam • Buddhism
Why have some religions diffused so far from their hearths? • Local v universalist • Evangelism https://joshuaproject.net/religions/4 • Diffusion • Migration • Hierarchical • Contagion
Religiosity/strength of belief • Difference from congregations or membership in religion… • Are poor people more religious? • Does religious persecution lead to fundamentalism? • Does religious persecution lead to stronger beliefs? • Does the rise of fundamentalism lead to more atheism?
Ethnic component • Hinduism • Judaism • Shintoism • Daoism
Other Impacts on space … • Disposal of the dead • Houses of worship • Architecture • Christian—basilica, orthodoxy, Protestantism • Muslim—courtyard center, minaret, community not sacred space • Hindu temple—to house shrines since important functions at home temples, small center, space for processions, caretaker space? Pool for ritual baths? • Buddhist and shintoist pagodas—delicate and eleaborate, different # of tiers, relics, monastery, worship in adjacent temple • Bahai—seven houses to emphasize bahai’s universal appeal
http://www.worldmapper.org/news.html • http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=5535