1. Culture: Religion

5. Religiosity/strength of belief

6. 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?

11. Rise of fundamentalism

12. Ethnic component
Hinduism
Judaism
Shintoism
Daoism

13. 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

16. Why have some religions diffused so far from their hearths?
Local v universalist
Evangelism
Diffusion
Migration
Hierarchical
Contagion