Secularization theory proposes that the social significance of religion necessarily declines under conditions of modernity
fundamental importance of religious pluralism: over and above the more usually considered religious practice. It is shown that to pay conceptual and methodological attention to religious pluralism is to help explain the geography of religious practice
four contemporary global shifts AND how it relates to secularisation i.e is decreasing impacts of religion.
(growing urbanization and social inequality, deteriorating environments, ageing populations, and increasing human mobilities), the ways in which religion shapes human response to them, and the implications for new research agendas.
proselytic religion. A religion whose membership is in theory open to individuals of any background and that spreads in part through proselytism, or efforts to attract converts into the faith.
ethnic religion. A religion whose membership is generally limited to individuals who share a particular ethnic identity
Kumbh Mela. A major Hindu pilgrimage cycle, completed every twelve years, made up of individual pilgrimages every three years to one of a sequence of four sacred cities on four sacred rivers which, at the time of a pilgrimage, become transformed in Hindu belief into a divine nectar spilled during a primeval battle between gods and demons.
ghat. Riverside steps that provide a context for Hindu rites alongside a sacred watetway, including ritual bathing and cremation of the dead.
(Space and belief are interwoven- a ritual performed at specific river bank gets full filled.)
the spatial dynamics of religious distributions;
(2) the contextuality of religious belief and practice;
(3) religious territoriality in secular space; and
(4) the meanings and uses of sacred space.
explain
Secular space
Religious space
Religious hearth- indic region and semetic region
Spatial change
by migration- incidental diffusion , persecution and discrimaination
by conversion- by missionary activity(eg north east india) , religious hegemony,
links-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_geography
The Geography of Religion Faith, Place, and Space RoGER W. STuMP
fundamental importance of religious pluralism: over and above the more usually considered religious practice. It is shown that to pay conceptual and methodological attention to religious pluralism is to help explain the geography of religious practice
four contemporary global shifts AND how it relates to secularisation i.e is decreasing impacts of religion.
(growing urbanization and social inequality, deteriorating environments, ageing populations, and increasing human mobilities), the ways in which religion shapes human response to them, and the implications for new research agendas.
proselytic religion. A religion whose membership is in theory open to individuals of any background and that spreads in part through proselytism, or efforts to attract converts into the faith.
ethnic religion. A religion whose membership is generally limited to individuals who share a particular ethnic identity
Kumbh Mela. A major Hindu pilgrimage cycle, completed every twelve years, made up of individual pilgrimages every three years to one of a sequence of four sacred cities on four sacred rivers which, at the time of a pilgrimage, become transformed in Hindu belief into a divine nectar spilled during a primeval battle between gods and demons.
ghat. Riverside steps that provide a context for Hindu rites alongside a sacred watetway, including ritual bathing and cremation of the dead.
(Space and belief are interwoven- a ritual performed at specific river bank gets full filled.)
the spatial dynamics of religious distributions;
(2) the contextuality of religious belief and practice;
(3) religious territoriality in secular space; and
(4) the meanings and uses of sacred space.
explain
Secular space
Religious space
Religious hearth- indic region and semetic region
Spatial change
by migration- incidental diffusion , persecution and discrimaination
by conversion- by missionary activity(eg north east india) , religious hegemony,
links-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_geography
The Geography of Religion Faith, Place, and Space RoGER W. STuMP
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