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Geography of Religion Religious Landscapes Conflict and Interaction

Geography of Religion Religious Landscapes Conflict and Interaction. Cultural Geography C.J.Cox, Instructor. Religions Overview. What is Religion? Major Religions & Their Divisions The Geography Religion Religious Landscapes Religious Conflict and Interaction. Religious Landscapes.

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Geography of Religion Religious Landscapes Conflict and Interaction

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  1. Geography of ReligionReligious LandscapesConflict and Interaction Cultural Geography C.J.Cox, Instructor

  2. Religions Overview • What is Religion? • Major Religions & Their Divisions • The Geography Religion • Religious Landscapes • Religious Conflict and Interaction

  3. Religious Landscapes • Sacred Structures • Temples / Pagodas • Churches / Basilicas • Mosques • Sacred Sites • mountains • rivers • caves

  4. Holy Places reflect the Religious Beliefs • Ethnic religions • rooted in a distinctive physical environment • For example: • Hindu - The Ganges River in India. • Hindu - Himalayas Mt. Kalias in Nepal. • Universal religions • holy places are associated with the founder’s life. • For example: • Christian - The city of Jerusalem • Muslim - The city of Mecca • Buddhist- Locations of important events in Buddha's life.

  5. Selected Religious Landscapes of the World Rome- Christian Himalayas- Hindu Salt Lake City -Mormon Medina- Muslim Gaya and Lumbini-Buddhist Jerusalem - Jewish -Christian -Moslem Lhasa -Buddhist Tenochitlan -Aztec Mecca -Muslim Ganges River-Hindu

  6. How Did These Religions Diffuse to Where They Are? Islam Christianity Buddhist • Early believers spread ideas to the Roman Empire. • European Colonization spreads Christianity worldwide. • Traveling merchants go to North Africa • Monks travel into China, Tibet and Southeast Asia. • Ocean trading routes to China brought Buddhism. • Sea routes to Indonesia and Philippines introduced Islam. • Missionaries • Missionaries • Missionaries • Alliance with powerful communist countries. • Alliance with technologically powerful western world & capitalism. • Powerful kingdom of Magadhan Empire helped establish religion.

  7. Commonalties of Holy Locations • Structure often dominates landscape with spirals, towers, or roofs • Center of city or village often used for gathering of community • Structure used as a reference point

  8. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A HOLY PLACE • A place of worship and teaching. -Church • A space for prayer. -Mosques • Buildings to house relics and artifacts or entomb a leader. –Pagodas, Temples & Pyramids • A environmental astronomical calendar • A destination goal.-pilgrimage • Create an environment in the image of God or gods

  9. Buddhist Landscapes Thailand Cambodia Tibet Buddhist Stupas

  10. Buddhist Stupa, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  11. Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand Buddhist Temple, Louang pPhrabang, Laos

  12. Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Wheels Tibetan Landscapes

  13. Grand Palace, Bangkok Thailand Wat Chedi Luang, Chang Mai Thailand

  14. Borobodour, Indonesia Golden Temple, Kyoto Japan

  15. Buddhist Temple, Kharkorin, Mongolia Angor Wat, Cambodia

  16. Christian Landscapes Catholic Church, San Jose, CA Saint Peters Church, Vatican

  17. Segovia, Spain (1577) Toledo, Spain

  18. Church of Resurrection Saint Petersburg, Russia St. Basil, Moscow, Russia

  19. Russian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem

  20. Cathedral at Chartres, France

  21. Templo Expiatrorio de al Sagrada Familia, Spain

  22. Saint Peters at the Vatican, Rome Italy

  23. Muslim Landscapes Taj Mahal, Agra inNW India (mausoleum)

  24. Moorish (Muslim) Córdoba, Spain Alhambra, Granada, Spain

  25. Sultan Dascan Mosque, Madrasa

  26. Saint Sophia, Istanbul Turkey

  27. The Kaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  28. The Kaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  29. Hindu Landscape Varanesi, Ganges River

  30. Jewish Landscapes Masada, Israel Western Wall, Jerusalem

  31. Ethnic & Animist Religious Landscapes Temple of Kukuklan, Chitchen Itzu Confucious Temple in Taiwan

  32. Ziggurat, Ur Iraq

  33. Machu Picchu, Peru

  34. Stonehenge, England Easter Island

  35. Parthenon, Athens Greece Temple of Sobek, Egypt

  36. Urulu, Australia Indian Grinding Rock

  37. Religions Overview • What is Religion? • Major Religions & Their Divisions • The Geography Religion • Religious Landscapes • Religious Conflict and Interaction

  38. Religious Conflicts & Interactions • Israel - a case study • Jerusalem - mixed quarters • Jewish quarter • Muslim - temple mount • Christian orthodox quarter

  39. Western Wall & Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

  40. Religions Overview • What is Religion? • Major Religions & Their Divisions • The Geography Religion • Religious Landscapes • Religious Conflict and Interaction

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