Chapter 6: Religion (Part 2) The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography

Diffusion of Religions Key Issue 2 Why Do Religions Have Different Distributions? (pg 178 – 191) Diffusion of Religions Diffusion of Universalizing Religions What are the hearths of these types of religions based upon? Diffusion of Christianity Missionaries Pagan Diffusion of Islam Diffusion of Buddhism did not diffuse rapidly who is responsible for its spread Diffusion of Other Universalizing Religions

Key Issue 2 Why Do Religions Have Different Distributions Key Issue 2 Why Do Religions Have Different Distributions? (pg 178 – 191) Lack of Diffusion of Ethnic Religions Mingling of Ethnic and Universalizing Religions Judaism, an Exception Diaspora - ? Ghettos - ?? Holy places In universalizing religions Buddhist shrines Holy places in Islam = associated with the life of Muhammad In ethnic religions Holy places in Hinduism = closely tied to the physical geography of India Cosmogony in ethnic religions

Diffusion of Universalizing Religions Figure 6-17

Key Issue 2 Why Do Religions Have Different Distributions Key Issue 2 Why Do Religions Have Different Distributions? (pg 178 – 191) The calendar In ethnic religions = celebration of the seasons The Jewish calendar - ?? The solstice - ? In universalizing religions = celebration of the founder’s life

Key Issue 3 Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Ways. Pg Places of worship Many types: Christian churches, Muslim mosques, Hindu temples, Buddhist and Shinto pagodas, Bahá’í houses of worship Figure 6-19

Other ways of disposing of the dead Religious settlements Key Issue 3 Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Ways? Pg. 191 - 195 Sacred space Disposing of the dead Burial Other ways of disposing of the dead cremation Religious settlements Religious place names Quebec – Ontario – United States

Religious Toponyms Figure 6-21

Administration of space Key Issue 3 Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Ways? Pg. 191 - 195 Administration of space Hierarchical religions-?? Latter-day Saints Roman Catholics Locally autonomous religions- ?? Islam Protestant denominations

Roman Catholic Hierarchy in the United States Figure 6-22

Key Issue 4 Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise? pgs195-203 Religions versus government policies Religion versus social change Taliban and Western values - ?? Hinduism and social inequality Caste system -??? Religion versus communism Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam in the Soviet Union Buddhism in Southeast Asia

Key Issue 4 Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise? pgs195-203 Religion versus religion Fundamentalism Religious wars in Ireland Religious wars in the Middle East Crusades (Christians in Muslim lands) Jews and Muslims in Palestine Jerusalem - ????; Six-Day War 1967 Conflict Over The Holy Land: Palestinian Perspectives ???

Key Issue 4 Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise? pgs195-203 Religious Wars in Ireland Republic of Ireland religion - ?? Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) what do most people in Northern Ireland want?

Distribution of Protestants in Ireland Figure 6-23

Two Perspectives on Palestine/Israel Figure 6-26

Israel’s “Separation Fence” Figure 6-27

The End. Up next: Ethnicity