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Cultural Geography
1. Foundations of Cultural Geography
2. Geographies of Language
3. Geographies of Religion
4. Geographies of Ethnicity and Race
5. Folk and Popular Culture
6. Cultural Diffusion and Globalization
7. Geographies of Identity
8. Political Geographies of Culture
9. Contemporary Applications and Issues
Geographies of Religion
Classifying Religions
Universalizing Religions
Christianity
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Global Distribution
Islam
Sunni Islam
Shia Islam
Sufi Traditions
Global Distribution
Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism
Vajrayana Buddhism
Global Distribution
Ethnic Religions
Hinduism
Core Beliefs and Practices
Geographic Distribution
Regional Variations
Judaism
Core Beliefs and Practices
Geographic Distribution
Diaspora Communities
Shintoism
Core Beliefs and Practices
Geographic Distribution
Indigenous Religions
Animism
Shamanism
Regional Examples
Contemporary Challenges
Spatial Distribution and Diffusion
Hearths of Major Religions
Origin Locations
Early Spread Patterns
Environmental Contexts
Processes of Religious Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Syncretism in Religion
Religion and the Cultural Landscape
Sacred Spaces and Sites
Pilgrimage Sites
Natural Sacred Places
Built Sacred Places
Sacred Geography
Religious Architecture
Churches
Mosques
Temples
Synagogues
Architectural Styles and Symbolism
Pilgrimage
Major Pilgrimage Routes
Pilgrimage Practices
Social and Economic Impacts
Burial Practices and Cemeteries
Cultural Variations in Burial
Cemetery Landscapes
Death and Sacred Space
Religion and Social Conflict
Interfaith Boundaries
Religious Borderlands
Conflict and Cooperation
Religious Pluralism
Intrafaith Boundaries
Sectarianism
Internal Divisions
Denominational Geography
Secularism and Fundamentalism
Secularization Trends
Rise of Religious Fundamentalism
Religion and Politics
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