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Why do you think geographers are interested in studying religion?
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To understand the distribution of major religions. Explain variations in diffusion of religions. Discuss distinctive religious imprints on physical landscape/environment Identify conflicts between followers of different religions. Understand that religion lies at the heart of many global controversies Religion is an important part of many people’s identity and connection to a certain place.
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Branch A large and fundamental division within a religion Denomination A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations. Sect A relatively small group that has broken away from an established domination.
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Polytheism – belief in many gods Hinduism, animist religions Monotheism – belief in one god Christianity Islam Judaism
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Universalizing religions – seek followers all over the world. They hope to appeal to all people.
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60% of the world’s population Precise origins, tied to a specific founder Christianity - Founder: Jesus Islam - Prophet of Islam: Muhammad Buddhism - Founder: Siddhartha Gautama Holidays based on events in founder’s life.
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Christianity The largest world religion (about 2 billion adherents) ▪Most widespread distribution ▪Many adherents in Europe, the Americas Three major branches ▪Roman Catholicism (51 percent) ▪Protestant Christianity (24 percent) ▪Eastern Orthodox (11 percent) ▪Other, smaller branches of Christianity comprise 14 percent of all Christians
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Islam The second-largest world religion (about 1.3 billion adherents) ▪Significant clusters in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia ▪Half of the world’s Muslims live in four countries outside of the Middle East. Core of Islamic belief = the five pillars Two significant branches ▪Sunnis (83 percent) ▪Shias or Shiites (16 percent)
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Buddhism ▪About 400 million adherents (difficult to quantify) ▪Significant clusters in China, Southeast Asia
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Ethnic religions – focus on one ethnic group and generally have not spread into other cultures. They do not seek to convert people to their beliefs. Ethnic group – human populations that share a common culture or ancestry
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Adherents are born into the faith 25% of world’s population Unclear or unknown origins, not tied to a specific founder Tend to be spatially concentrated Holidays based on local climate and agricultural calendar.
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Animist/tribal religions - People believe in the presence of the spirits and the forces of nature Common in many traditional societies likely were practiced long before more modern types of religions became common
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BC – “before Christ” AD – Latin “anno domini”, “in the year of our Lord” BCE – before common era CE – common era
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2000 BC: Hinduism 1500 BC: Judaism 600 BC: Buddhism, Confucianism 0 AD: Christianity 600 AD: Islam
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http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/history-of-religion.html animated
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Each of the three main universalizing religions diffused widely from its hearth.
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Christianity diffused from Palestine through the Roman Empire and continued diffusing through Europe after the fall of Rome. It was later replaced by Islam in much of the Mideast and North Africa.
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Islam diffused rapidly and widely from its area of origin in Arabia. It eventually stretched from southeast Asia to West Africa.
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Buddhism diffused gradually from its origin in northeastern India to Sri Lanka, southeast Asia, and eventually China and Japan. Sri Lanka, southeast Asia, and eventually China and Japan.
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While religion remains important around the world, in some places it has declined. A growing number of people in these places are secular, or non-religious. Example: Europe
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Distribution of Christians in the U.S. Shaded areas are counties with more than 50% of church membership concentrated in Roman Catholicism or one of the Protestant denominations.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/gov beat/wp/2013/12/12/religion-in-americas- states-and-counties-in-6-maps/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/gov beat/wp/2013/12/12/religion-in-americas- states-and-counties-in-6-maps/
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Read through the information. Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting Hinduism and Buddhism.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCNTNq kx1_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCNTNq kx1_U
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Yazidis – sacred spacehttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne ws/2014/09/140902-yazidis-iraq-kurdistan- lalish-sheikh-adi-islamic-state/?sf4489245=1–http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne ws/2014/09/140902-yazidis-iraq-kurdistan- lalish-sheikh-adi-islamic-state/?sf4489245=1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6dCxo 7t_aE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6dCxo 7t_aE Do one religion at a time
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Can scroll on each state for statistics: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/graphi cs/pew-religion-08/flash.htm http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/graphi cs/pew-religion-08/flash.htm
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