1. Culture: Religion

3. Religion maps--perspectives
Definitions
Subgroups
resolution

9. What is a religion? Teachings that imply a value system
Include a notion of the sacred
Many have creation story

10. Religions also may teach:
Law
Politics
Social mores
Sexual relations
Physical fitness
Cleanliness
Eating habits
decoration

11. Kinds of religions? Monotheistic v polytheistic
Global v ethnic (universal versus ethnic)
Shamanism
Animism
Hierarchical v autonomous
Fundamentalist
denomination

12. Predominant religions
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism

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

18. Religiosity/strength of belief

19. 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?

22. Rise of fundamentalism

23. Ethnic component
Hinduism
Judaism
Shintoism
Daoism

24. 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