Religion/spirituality/faith
Publication Type
Encyclopaedia
Publication Date
7-2009
Abstract
This article traces the changing cultural and social geographical approaches to religion. The discussion introduces readers to the early themes in research from the sixteenth century right up till the present, with a particular focus on the last two decades. The article is structured around three main sections: first, the early research traditions in this area; second, the politics and poetics of religious place and community which have characterized research in the last two decades; and third, the multiple dimensions of religious life and place that can still benefit from geographical analysis.
Keywords
Community, Determinism, Domination, Ecology, Identity, Place, Poetics, Politics, Power, Religion, Resistance, Sacred
Discipline
Human Geography | Religion
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
International encyclopedia of human geography
Volume
9
Editor
Rob Kitchin & Nigel Thrift
First Page
324
Last Page
328
ISBN
9780080449111
Identifier
10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00994-9
Publisher
Elsevier
City or Country
Amsterdam
Citation
KONG, Lily, "Religion/spirituality/faith" (2009). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 2292.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2292
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2292
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00994-9