1. Chapter 6: Religions
Unit 3

2. Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
Introducing Religions
5 Major World Religions:
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Atheism—belief that God/the divine does not exist
Agnosticism—belief that the existence of God/the divine cannot be proven

3. Basics of Religion Introducing Religions: Universalizing Religion:
Ethnic Religion:
Monotheistic Religion:
Polytheistic Religion P

4. Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
Distribution of Christians
Congregation:
Denomination:
Branch:
What are the branches of Christianity?
Which is the largest and oldest branch of Christianity? P

5. Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
Distribution of Muslims
Sunni
Shiite (Shia, Shi’ah)
Distribution of Buddhists
Syncretic
Distribution of Hindus
Chinese Traditional Ethnic Religions/Philosophies:
Confucianism
Taoism

6. Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
Distribution of Ethnic Religions
Animism—inanimate objects, natural events, etc. have spirits and life
Sikhism
Judaism
Shintoism

7. Why Do Religions Have Distinctive Distribution?
Origin of Christianity and Islam in Asia
Christianity:
Jesus Christ
Bethlehem, Jerusalem
8-4 BC
Islam:
Muhammed
Mecca
570 AD
5 Pillars of Islam
Origin of Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama
563 BC
Nepal
Four Noble Truths

8. Why Do Religions Have Distinctive Distribution?
Historical Diffusion of Religions
Christianity: hierarchical and contagious diffusion
Islam: relocation diffusion (hierarchical?)
Recent Migration of…
Christians (p )
Muslims (p.204)
Jews (p. 205)

9. Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Patterns?
Places of Worship:
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism

10. Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Patterns?
Administration of space
Hierarchical Religions
Roman Catholicism
Locally autonomous religions
Islam
Protestant Christianity
Sacred Spaces
Pilgrimage
Holy places
Disposal of the dead

11. Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Patterns?
Religious Calendars:
Universalizing—typically follow the main events in a founder’s life
Birth, death, miracles, pilgrimages, etc.
Judaism—based on events in the agricultural calendar in Israel
Major events of Jewish history
Ethnic religions—solstice

12. Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among Religious Groups?
India: Hinduism and the caste system
Communism and religion
Taliban and Western values
Fundamentalism
Jews vs. Palestinians in Israel/Palestine