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This chapter is an exploration of the geography of religion. Like language and ethnicity, religion is a cultural characteristic that can be closely bound to individual identity. Religion can provide a sense of community, social cohesion, moral standards, and identifiable architecture. It can also be a source of oppression, social discord, and ...
Jul 1, 2020 · World is the birthplace of many faiths and has accommodated and nourished multiple religions. It has It has provided a c ommon roof to major religions for their sustenance and growth.
Oct 3, 2018 · The militancy of the Orthodox Church's response to western ideological influences on Orthodox society during the first and third patriarchates of Gregory V (1797-99, 1818-21) has created among ...
Oct 20, 2014 · This article advocates a “glocal turn” in the religion–globalization problematic. It proposes a model of multiple glocalizations in order to analyze the historically constituted relationship between world religions and local cultures. First, the conceptual evolution from globalization to glocalization is discussed with special reference to the study of the religion. Second, the necessity ...
(Confucianism and Taoism) and Shintoism are major ethnic religions of the world. In addition to universal and ethnic religions there are numerous tribal religions with a great variety of belief systems and ritual practices. The tribal or traditional religions can be broadly categorised as Animistic religions and Shamanism.
Nov 1, 2022 · Background The relation between religiousness and prejudice has been the topic of a large research literature, yet this was so far mostly limited to Western societies with a Christian heritage. Purpose This study sought to compare the religiousness–prejudice relationship between adherents of monotheistic and non-monotheistic religions. Focusing on inter-religious prejudice we examined ...
Second, where the dominant religion results in people being generally more lawful, enforcement of law and punishment of corruption will be easier and less expensive because there are fewer violators to catch. Thus, we expect that the dominant religious culture will affect the rule of law and the level of corruption.
