Cultural Geography

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