Parts of this article (those related to need to discuss cross-culturally the 'spatial diffusion' of faith-bearing communities in (before, during, and following) exodus and migration, etc. – e.g. Mormons, Israel, – bearing on embedded scriptures and documents and 'group memoray') need to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(October 2020)
Religion and geography is the study of the impact of geography, i.e. place and space, on religious belief.[1]
Another aspect of the relationship between religion and geography is religious geography, in which geographical ideas are influenced by religion, such as early map-making, and the biblical geography that developed in the 16th century to identify places from the Bible.[2]
^Park, Chris (2004). "Religion and geography". In Hinnells, J (ed.). Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion. Routledge.
^Kong, Lily (1990). "Geography and religion: trends and prospects". Progress in Human Geography. 14 (3): 355–371. doi:10.1177/030913259001400302. S2CID 143924950.
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