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1 1 Chapter 6: Religion Introducing: Languages (p. 181) Dali Lama place, regions, space, connections Key Issue 1: Where Are Religions Distributed? Tibetan Buddhists Lhasa China in Tibet Distribution of Religions Universalizing Ethnic atheism agnosticism Figure 6-4 Figure 6-3 North America Latin America Europe

2 2 Chapter 6: Religion Central Asia Southwest Asia & North Africa South Asia East Asia South Pacific Southeast Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Table 6.1 Branches of Universalizing Religions Christianity Branches of Christianity in Europe Branches of Christianity in the Western Hemisphere Figure 6-5 Figure 6-6 Other Christians Figure 6-7 Islam Branches of Islam Sunni Shiite

3 3 Chapter 6: Religion Islam in Europe and North Africa Figure 6-8 Buddhism Mahayana Theravada Vajrayana Figure 6-9 Other Universalizing Religions Ethnic Religions Hinduism Other Asian Ethnic Religions Figure 6-10 Figure 6-11 Chinese Traditional Confucianism Taoism Primal-Indigenous Juchte Other Ethnic Religions

4 4 Chapter 6: Religion African Traditional Spirtism Figure 6-12 Judaism monotheism polytheism Key Issue 2: Why do Religions Have Different Distributions? Origins of Religions Origin of Buddhism Counting Religious Adherents Four Noble Truths Theravada Buddhism Mahayana Buddhism Vajrayana Buddhism Origin of Christianity Roman Catholic Branch Orthodox Branch Protestant Branch Origin of Islam

5 5 Chapter 6: Religion Five Pillars Prophet Muhammad Shiites versus Sunnis Origin of Other Universalizing Religions Unknown Origin Hinduism Diffusion of Religions Diffusion of Christianity Figure 6-18 Hierarchical Diffusion of Christianity Relocation Diffusion of Christianity Figure 6-19 Figure 6-20 Diffusion of Islam Diffusion of Buddhism Figure 6-21 Diffusion of Other Universalizing Religions Lack of Diffusion of Ethnic Religions Mingling of Ethnic and Universalizing Religions Ethnic Religions and Migration

6 6 Chapter 6: Religion Diffusion of Judaism Figure 6-22 ghettos Key Issue 3: Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Patterns? Sacred Space Places of Worship in Universalizing Relgions Christian Churches Mulsim Mosques Buddhist Pagodas Baha i Houses of Worship Sikhism s Golden Temple of Amritsar Sacred Places in Universalizing Religions Buddhist Shrines Holy Places of Islam The Landscape in Ethnic Religions Hindu Landscape Hindu Temples Cosmogony Cosmogony in Ethnic Religions

7 7 Chapter 6: Religion Cosmogony in Universalizing Relgions The Solstice Disposing of the Dead Burial Other Methods of Disposing of Bodies Religions Settlement and Place Names Utopian Settlements Religious Place Names Figure 6-36 The Calendar The Calendar in Judaism The Calendar in Universalizing Religions Islam Baha i Christianity Buddhism Sikhism Administration of Space Hierarchical Religions

8 8 Chapter 6: Religion Latter-Day Saints Roman Catholic Hierarchy Locally Autonomous Religions Local Autonomy in Islam Protestant Denominations Ethnic Religions Key Issue 4: Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise among Religious Groups? 20th Century fundamentalism Religion versus Government Policies Religion Versus Social Change Taliban Versus Western Values Hinduism Versus Social Equality Religion Versus Communism Christianity and Islam Versus the Former Soviet Union Buddhism Versus Southeast Asian Countries Religion versus Religion Religious Wars in Ireland Figure 6-47

9 9 Chapter 6: Religion Figure 6-48 Religious Wars in the Middle East Crusades Partition of Palestine Figure 6-49 Wars Between Israel and Neighbors Conflicting Perspectives of the Holy Land Israeli Perspectives Palestinian Perspectives Security Fence or Segregation Wall Jerusalem: Contested Geography Judaism s Jerusalem Islam s Jerusalem

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