Religion

Chapter 6.1 and 6.2

Terms/Concepts

• Universalizing Religion• Ethnic Religion• Branches• Denominations• Sects

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.

Terms/Concepts

• Universalizing Religion• Ethnic Religion• Branches• Denominations• Sects