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Distribution of Religions
• Religion interests geographers because it is essential for understanding how humans occupy Earth.
• People care deeply about their religion and draw from their core values and beliefs
• Some are designed to appeal to people throughout the world and others for limited areas
• Where are religions distributed?
Distribution of Religions
• Universalizing Religion- attempts to be global and appeal to all people wherever they live in the world
• Ethnic Religion- appeals primarily to one group of people living in one place
Universalizing Religions
• Christianity- predominate religion in N. America, S. America, Europe and Australia
• Islam- predominant religion of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia
• Buddhism- mainly China and Southeast Asia
Ethnic Religions
• Hinduism- India and Nepal• Other Ethnic Religions- Confucianism,
Daoism, Shintoism, Animism, Judaism
Branches of Religion
• Branch- a large and fundamental division within a religion
• Denomination- a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body
• Sect- a small group that has broken away from an established denomination– Ex. Christianity Protestantism Baptist
Seventh Day Baptist
Religion and Diffusion
• Religion is a particularly good example of the tension between globalization and local culture because– religion represents key/core cultural
values and beliefs that may conflict with others.
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