Syncretism

Key Issues Where are religions distributed? Why do religions have different distributions? Why do religions organize space and distinctive patterns? Why do territorial conflicts arise among religious groups? Learning Outcomes 6.1.1: Describe the distribution of the major religions. 6.1.2: Describe the distribution of the major branches of Christianity. 6.1.3: Identify the major branches of Islam and Buddhism. 6.1.4: Describe the distribution of the largest ethnic religions. Learning Outcomes 6.2.1: Describe the process of origin of universalizing religions. 6.2.2: Understand differences in the origin of universalizing and ethnic religions. 6.2.3: Describe the process of diffusion of universalizing religions. 6.2.4: Compare the diffusion of universalizing and ethnic religions.