GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Atheism, Irreligion, Secularism
20 Dec 2017
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Religion: a set of beliefs (and associated activities) that facilitates an appreciation and understanding of our place in the world and acts to unify all those that believe into a single community. One of the fundamental ways that we differentiate between cultural groups. Unifying force, bring people together who have a similar view/ set of beliefs. Universality: serves a basic human/ cultural need. Religious laws/ beliefs govern many aspects of cultural behaviour: diet, dress, roles of men/ women, laws, education, lifestyles, etc. Religion has a great role to play in our society. University closed on sunday = day of rest for dominant religion. The lord"s day act where businesses were to be closed on sundays. Roman catholic = largest of that group. Christianity: between and (cid:1152) of the canadian population. Differential spatial distribution: some religions are spatially widespread while others are more spatially concentrated. Migrants bring their religion with them as they migrate.
