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Activity Spaces

daily activity places

Interface Areas

where different religious neighborhoods meet and violence usually occurs

Religion

a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities

Secularism

the indifference to or rejection of formal religion

Monotheistic

worship of a single deity, a God

Polytheistic

worship of more than one deity

Animistic

centered on the belief that inanimate objects, such as mountains, boulders, rivers, and trees, possess spirits and therefore should be revered

Universalizing Religions

actively seek converts because they view themselves as offering belief systems of universal appropriateness and appeal

Ethnic Religion

adherents are born into the faith and converts are not actively sought

Hinduism

3rd in the world

Caste System

locks people into particular social classes and imposes many restrictions, especially in the lowest of the castes and in those considered beneath the caste system, Dalits

Syncretic

compromise religion

Buddhism

splintered from Hinduism over 2500 years ago

Shintoism

Buddhism mixed with a local religion in Japan

Taoism

beginnings unclear, traced the religion to an older contemporary of Confucius, Lao-Tsu

Feng Shui

the art and science of organizing living spaces in order to channel the life forces that exist in nature in favorable ways

Confucianism

mainly a philosophy of life, and like Taoism, it had great and lasting impacts on Chinese life

Judaism

grew out of the belief system of the Jews, one of several nomadic Semitic tribes living in Southwest Asia about 4000 years ago

Diaspora

spatial dispersion of members of any ethnic group

Zionism

the idea of a homeland for the Jewish people

Christianity

traced back to the same hearth in the Mediterranean as Judaism

Eastern Orthodox Church

first split in Christianity

Roman Catholic Church

claims the most adherents of all Christian denominations

Protestantism

began in several parts of western Europe and expanded to some degree through contagious diffusion

Islam

the youngest major religion, traced back to Muhammad

Sunni Muslims

great majority

Shi'ite Muslims

concentrated in Iran

Indigenous Religions

local in scope, usually have reverence for nature, and are passed down through family units and groups

Shamanism

a community faith in which people follow their shaman-a religious leader, teacher, healer, and visionary

Secularism

indifference to or rejection of organized religious affiliations and ideas

Pilgrimage

when adherents voluntarily travel to a religious site to pay respects or participate in a ritual at the site

Sacred Sites

places or spaces people infuse with religious meaning

Minarets

part of mosques that rise above the townscape

Hajj

Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

Interfaith Boundaries

the boundaries between the world's major faiths

Intrafaith Boundaries

the boundaries within a single major faith

Religious Fundamentalism

born out of frustration over the perceived breakdown of society;s morals and values, lack of religious authority, failure to achieve economic goals, loss of a sense of local control, failure of a government to protect a religion, or a sense of violation of a religion's core territory

Religious Extermism

fundamentalism carried to the point of violence

Jihad

Islamic holy war