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Chapter 8: The Geography of Languages and ReligionsHolly Barcus, Morehead State University
And Joe Naumann, UMSL
Introduction to GeographyPeople, Places, and Environment, 6e
Carl DahlmanWilliam H. Renwick
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Language & Religion
• Two most important forces that bond and define human cultures
• Two most important factors defining culture regions
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Defining Language
• Pronunciation and combination of words used to communicate within a group of people
• Important cultural index
• Structures individual perception of world
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Language Regions
• Dialects– Minor variations within a language
• Standard language– Following formal rule of diction and grammar
• Official language– Primary language for any given country– Defacto or Dejure?
• Lingua franca– Current language of international discourse
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Linguistic Geography
• The study of different dialects across space
• Speech community– a group of people who speak together
• Isoglosses– Frequently parallel physical landscape features
• Geographical dialect continuum
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World’s Major Languages
• 3,000 distinct languages
• 50% of world population speak one of 12 major languages listed
• Mandarin Chinese is largest with 885 million
• English is the primary language of 350 million and is the official language of about 50 countries
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Official Languages of Countries
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Language Development
• Protolanguage– Common ancestor to any group of today’s languages
• Language family– Languages related by descent from a common
protolanguage– Members of the same language family may not be
mutually intelligible
• Cognates – words related somewhat like cousins– i.e. reign or royal (English) & Rajah (Hindi)
• Etymology – study of word origins
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Indo-European Language Family
• Identified by Sir William Jones, 1786– Proto-Indo-European
• Common ancestor of many modern languages
• Grimm’s Law– Set forth by Jacob Grimm of the Brothers
Grimm
– Accounts for sound shifts as language family differentiated.
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Language Family – “extended family”
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Indo-European Hearth?
• Hearth in vicinity of Turkey (Anatolia)
• Likely diffusion routes
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Language Families
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Geography of Writing
• Orthography – has spatial characteristics– System of writing
• Sumerians• Olmec
• Alphabets– Roman– Cyrillic– Arabic– Sometimes the same spoken language is written in
different scripts
• Non-alphabetic - pictographic– Chinese, Japanese, Korean
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The same spoken language but different scripts
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Language Groups
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Toponymy
• The study of place names
• Consists of:– Natural features
– Origins/values of inhabitants
– Belief structures, religions
– Current or past heroes
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Political Change & Name
Change
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Names Indicate Origins
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Linguistic Differentiation
• National languages– Imposed or encouraged by government with varying
success– De facto or de jure
• Nation building– Philological nationalism
• Belief that mother tongues have given birth to nations.
• Postcolonial societies– Imposed official languages by colonial ruler
• Not spoken by locals
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Multiple Language States
• Polyglot states– Having multiple official languages
– Can promote political devolution
• United States– English always lingua franca
– Three major dialects in 13 colonies
– Non-English languages– English is de facto official language, not de
jure
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World’s Major Religions
• Systems of beliefs guiding behavior– Orthopraxy (correctness of action or practice)
• Behavior oriented
– Orthodoxy (“correctness” of belief or verbal expression)• Theological/philosophical
• Fundamentalism -- the strict maintenance of the ancient or essential doctrines of any religion or ideology.
• Secularism -- a philosophy or world view that stresses human values without reference to religion or spirituality
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Religion—transmitter of culture
• Click on each picture to see a video about religions
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Religion Regions
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Religions
• Classification and Distribution of Religions–Universalizing: Christianity, Islam,
Buddhism all proselytize –Christianity is the most widespread – In Africa, Islam is the fastest growing
• In SubSaharan Africa - Christianity
–Ethnic: Judaism, Hinduism, Shintoism• Tribal (traditional) – small-size ethnic
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Major Religions: Commonalities
• Religions have a tendency to splinter• Have a founder or key figure • Have scriptures• Have rituals• Have structures for prayer or religious
rituals• Teach a form of the Golden Rule• Prize Peace
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• Click the symbol to see the video about the Golden Rule and the desire for peace in religions.
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Judaism
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Judaism
• 14 million adherents• Monotheistic (claims to the oldest one)• Based on covenant with Abraham• Scriptures: Torah – 5 books of the “Law”
– Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
• Sects– Orthodox, Conservative, Reform
• Israel – More Jews in New York City than in Isreal– Homeland for Jewish people– Created 1948– Conflict between Israel and Palestine
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Jewish Worship
• Synagogue came into existence during exile after the temple, which had previously been the center of worship, had been destroyed and many Jews had been taken to Babylon as captives.
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Christianity
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Christianity• Emerged from Judaism – Jesus was a Jew!
• Coptic Church– Founded in Alexandria in CE 41– Still present in Egypt and Ethiopia
• Official religion of Roman Empire – 312 CE– Facilitated geographical spread– Model for its bureaucratic structure
• Split with Eastern Orthodox 11th century CE
• Dark Ages – preserver of European culture
• Protestant Reformation 1517 CE
• Significant growth in Africa, Asia and Latin America
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Christian Fundamentals
• Areas of almost complete agreement– Sacraments of Baptism & Matrimony
– Monotheism involving one God in a trinity of persons (referred to as a mystery)
– Blessing and sharing bread and wine at least in memory of Jesus sacrifice
– Jesus was/is 100% God and 100% human
– Salvation comes from belief in and acceptance of Jesus as one’s savior
– There will be a second coming at the end of time
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Christian Denominations
• Coptic• Eastern Orthodox
– Greek, Serbian, Russian, Armenian, etc.
• Roman Catholic – Latin Rite & Greek Rite– Largest single denomination in the USA
• Protestant – hundreds of denominations– Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, etc.
• Peripheral – significant differences from the mainstream Christian denominations– Mormon, Jehova Witnesses, etc.
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Islam
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Islam
• Muhammad the final prophet– 622 CE
• Allah (word for God)
• Monotheistic
• Major Sects: Sunni – 85% and Shiite – 15%
• Koran is sufficient to direct all aspects of life
• No clergy or building required
• Jews & Christians – people of the book
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Five Pillars
• Five Pillars of Islam– Belief in one God
– Five daily prayers facing Mecca
– Generous alms (help to poor)
– Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan
– Pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj)
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Hinduism
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Hinduism• Hinduism
– Most ancient religious tradition in Asia (world?)– Vedas – Hindu sacred texts– May be viewed as monothestic– Castes
• Brahman, priestly• Kshatriya, warrior/ruler• Vaisya, tradesman and farmer• Sudra, servant and laborer
– Untouchables (de facto 5th caste)– Central belief is in reincarnation
• Transmigration of the soul• Cycles of creation – birth to death to birth• Role of dharma & karma• Effect on diet
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Characteristics of Hinduism
• No clergy or religious requirements – • No real splintering or sects
– Can be practices in many ways & at many levels so there was no need to “split off.”
• No concept of a personal God• Each individual is seeking to comprehend
the ultimate reality while living out his/her dharma with the goal of union with Brahman once the cycle of reincarnation is ended.
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Monotheism?
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Sikhism
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Sikhism
• Sikhism (attempt to reconcile Islam & Hinduism)–Offshoot of Hinduism–Centered around the Punjab area–Guru Nanak
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Buddhism
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Buddhism
• Siddhartha Gautama – Kshatriya Caste• Buddha – Enlightened One• Four Noble Truths
– Life involves suffering
– Cause of suffering is desire
– Elimination of desire ends suffering
– Right thinking and behavior eliminate desire
• Diffused from India
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Buddhism
• Nirvana–Buddhism is a way of living that achieves
release from reincarnation and suffering
• God is not knowable, so is, therefore, not a major concern in Buddhism
• Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) rejected the caste system
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Buddhism
• Scriptures: Vinaya (discipline) – expanded later
• Branches:– Theravada (south) – monk seeks own
deliverance
– Mahayana (north) – role of bodhisattvas & ritual
– Tibetan Lamaism – example of syncretism
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Branches of Buddhism
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The Eight-Fold Path
The Way (the 8-Fold Path)
The threefold scheme of morality
1. Right understanding2. Right thought
Faith(initially)
Wisdom: III(ultimately)
3. Right speech4. Right bodily action5. Right livelihood
Morality: I
6. Right moral effort7. Right mindfulness8. Right concentration
Meditation: II
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Other Religions
• Eastern Religions– Confucianism – China – Taoism – China – Shinto – Japan – Zoroastrianism – Iran– Baha'i – Iran
• Animism and Shamanism– Animism
• Belief in influence of spirits or spiritual forces in all creation
– Shamanism• Shaman
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Zoroastrianism
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Baha'i
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TaoismThe natural is the essence
of all that must be known,and the place
where all must return
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Confucianism
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Shintoism
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Animism and Shamanism
• Animism • Belief in influence of spirits or spiritual forces in all
creation
• Characteristic of many African & Native American religions
• Shamanism• the religion of certain peoples, esp. some
indigenous to N Asia, based on a belief in good and evil spirits who can be influenced only by the shamans
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Religion & Politics
• Freedom of religion– Historically the exception rather than the “rule.”
• Theocracy– Church rules directly – government based on
“scriptures.”
• Separation of church and state– Islamic fundamentalists oppose it – favor theocracy– Instituted by United States Constitution to preserve
religious freedom.
• Terrorism – unacceptable resort of those who feel marginalized – usually more about power than it is about religion (emotional excuse for violence)
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Social Impact of Religion
• Gender roles– Women’s rights, duties, obligations, opportunities, etc.– Patriarchal or matriarchal societies
• Diet and food preparation restrictions– Kosher – ruled relate to how acceptable food is
prepared– Pork – forbidden to Jews & Muslims– Beef – unacceptable to Hindus – many are vegetarians– Alcohol – forbidden to Muslims
• Ethics and morals– Guidelines for the “good” life
• Schools and social and medical institutions
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Economic Impact
• Burial practices – costs – Time constraints
– Disposal methods & preparations
• Protestantism and capitalis– “Protestant work ethic.” – version of Calvinism
• Catholic Church and capitalism– Usury was considered sinful in the early church
– Individualism with a social conscience
• Confucianism verses individualism
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Religion and Environment
• Burial practices– Health considerations in India
• Origin of the world – All have some creation story which usually
indicates the place of humans in that creation
• Relationship with nature– Exploitive approach – Christianity in practice
rather in teaching
– Adaptive approach – Animism and most “Eastern” religions
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Other Differences
• Nature of God– Diest
– Personal
• Relation to others– Naturally ecumenical
– Universalizing – emphasis on proselytizing
– Ethnic – no emphasis on proselytizing
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Multi-religious State
• Where two religions compete to write the laws, a means of working together is needed to avoid possible conflict– N. Ireland & Canada
– Lebanon
– Philippines
– Nigeria, Sudan,
– Division of India in 1948
– Sri Lanka
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End of Chapter 7