Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
12-2010
Abstract
The paper evaluates the burst in geographical research on religion in the last decade. It examines: (1) the relative emphases and silences in analyses of different sites of religious practice, sensuous geographies, population constituents, religions, geographies and scales of analyses; (2) the rise in the discourse of postsecularization; and (3) four contemporary global shifts (growing urbanization and social inequality, deteriorating environments, ageing populations, and increasing human mobilities), the ways in which religion shapes human response to them, and the implications for new research agendas. © 2010 The Author(s).
Keywords
Ageing populations, Deteriorating environments, Geographies of religion, Human mobilities, Postsecularization, Urban social inequality
Discipline
Human Geography | Religion
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Progress in Human Geography
Volume
34
Issue
6
First Page
755
Last Page
776
ISSN
0309-1325
Identifier
10.1177/0309132510362602
Publisher
SAGE
Citation
Kong, Lily.(2010). Global Shifts, Theoretical Shifts: Changing Geographies of Religion. Progress in Human Geography, 34(6), 755-776.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1788
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132510362602