Religion


This includes particular religions, such as Christianity and Buddhism. It also includes areas of study corresponding to religious organization, religious practice, and systems of belief.	Sapience Home Site map About Sapience Institutions Religious Traditions Religious Organization Religious Practice Religious Belief

This includes particular religions, such as Christianity and Buddhism. It also includes areas of study corresponding to religious organization, religious practice, and systems of belief.

Institutions

Religions of the World

This includes Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism.

Religious Organization

This will include such things as priesthoods and clergy, monasteries, and religious orders.

Religious Practice

Categories of religious practice will be examined as more information is added to the knowledge base.

Religious Belief

Categories of religious belief will be examined as more information is added to the knowlede base.


History The origins of religion are lost in prehistory, but can be followed to an increasing extent in antiquity, classical and medieval history, modern history, and can be connected to the future. Sociology Peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change provide examples of religion and religious influence.	Links to other sites Virtual Religion Index Religion gateway Academic Info Religion Religions Religious studies page Adherents.com Religion statistics The treatment of religion on this site is in excellent agreement with the approach intended for Sapience.
Other institutions Government, economics, education, and families are important in the study of religion and can be applied to particular religions, religious organization, religious practice, and religious belief. Government can be applied to particular religions, religious organization, religious practice, and religious beliefs. Particular governments may have connections to particular religions, religious organization, religions practice, and religions beliefs. International government has some connections to religion. Traditional empires are connected to religion. Colonial empires are connected to religion. Modern compacts may have some connection to religion. Temporary alliances may have some connection to religion. Special purpose organizations may have some connection to religion. Regional organizations may have some connection to religion. World government may have some connection to religion. The old League of Nations does not seemto have a strong connection to religion. The United Nations dos not seem to have a strong connection to religion. National government has connection to particular religions. Local government can be connected to religion. Government activity is connected to religion. State relations including warfare, diplomacy, and espionage can be considered. Administration can be considered. Succession including election, inheritance, appointment, and siezure can be considered. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legistlative systems, executive systems, and heads of state can be connected. Forms of government can be connected. Law including tribal law, asiatic law, Western law, and international law can be connected. Economics Economic systems including firms, networks, types of systems, and economic system behavior may be connected. Industries including companies, agriculture, extraction and manufacuring, constrution, transportation, communication, social and medical services, and commercial and financial services may be useful. Economic activities including production, distribution and exchange, and comsumption may be connected. Education Schools including primary schools and secondary schools are important. Higher education can be connected. Educational organization including course material, students, teachers, and administration can be connected. Cultural institutions including museums, libraries, and venues can be considered. Teaching can be connected. Research can be connected. Families Particular families can be connected. kinship can be considered. Parenting can be considered. Marriage can be considered. Culture Behavioral culture Cultural events including holidays, gatherings, disasters, and miscellanous events are connected. Parts of what I generally classify as recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theater, dance, and music are religious in nature. Occupations are important. Service-related occupations are most significant. Industrial, communication, transportation, building-related, and food-related occupations are important. Customs including vital customs, living and dwelling customs, dress and adornment customs, social interaction customs, and institutional customs are useful. Conceptual culture Religion is closely linked with philosophy, including such subjects as metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, and philosophical schools and doctrines. Applied science including measurement, engineering science, navigation, medical science, information and computing science, accounting, and applied social science can be considered. Mathematics including statistics, geometry, analysis, algebra, arithmetic, and mathematical foundations can be connected. Literature with oral tradition, literary forms, literary types, and particular literary works is highly important. Graphic arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, computer graphics will be useful to religion. Religion is tied to Language including linguistics, writing, and languages of the world. Material culture Miscellaneous artifacts including sculpture, toys, medicines, and musical instruments can be connected to religion. Communication technology including electronic, graphic, and written communication can be connected. Transportation technology including space transportation, air transportation, water transportation, air transportation, and packaging can be considered. Clothing is important. Foodstuffs including agricultural products, processed and preservef food, and prepared food will be significant. Building technology including outdoor structure, complete buildings, building parts, furnishings, and building materials is important. Industrial technology including advanced technology, utilities, weaponry, machinery, chemical technology, fuels, and tools seems to be indirectly important. Anthropology Particular groups Particular groups are also likely to be significant. al-Qaeda American Academy of Arts and Sciences Royal Society Victorian Society Wright brothers Human geography Asian geography including Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and North Asia will be useful. European geography including Balkan, Italian, Iberian, Central European, East European, Northwest European, Island, and Scandinavian geography will be useful. African geography including North African geography, East African geography, West African geography, North Central African geography, South Central African geography, and Southern African geography can be connected. North American geography including Southern North American Geography, Middle North American geography, and Northern North American Geography can be connected. South American geography can be connected. Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology Human effects on the environment can be connected. Relations with other life forms can be connected. Environmental effects on people can be connected. Physical anthropology Human dispersion can be connected to religion. Racial variation can be connected to religion. Human origins pose a challenge to some religious beliefs Demography Population change can be connected. Population size and structure can be connected. Mortality and morbidity can be connected. Migration can be connected. Birth and fertility can be connected. Social foundations Social group behavior can be connected. Social group types can be connected. Social control can be connected. Social interaction can be connected. Social presentation can be connected. Personal studies Biography Biography includes important figures associated with religion including: Mohammed Newton Jesus Buddha Confucius Paul Gutenberg Columbus Galileo Aristotle Moses Darwin Shih Huang Ti Augustus Copernicus Lavoisier Constantine Luther Washington Marx Genghis Khan Adam Smith Shakespeare Dalton Alexander Napoleon Psychology Social psychology can be connected to religion. Personality can be connected to religion. Mental disorders can be connected to religion. Developmental psychology can be connected to religion. Behavior patterns can be connected to religion. Mind can be connected to religion. Behavioral elements can be connected. Human body Human form and appearance can be connected. The human life cycle can be connected. Disease can be connected. Body function can be connected. Body systems can be connected. Science Biology Biohistory including Precambrian biology, Paleozoic biology, Mesozoic biology, and Cenozoic biology can be connected. Ecology including biogeography, ecosystems, evolution, system ecology, community ecology, population ecology, and behavioral ecology can be connected. Systematics including animal, fungi, plants, protists, and microbes can be connected. Organism biology including behavior, life cycle, form, organ systems, tissues, and habitat can be connected. Cell biology including cell behavior, cell types, and cell anatomy can be connected. Molecular biology including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, small organics, and inorganics can be connected. Earth science can be connected. Atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology may be useful. Geohistory including Precambrian geology, Paleozoic geology, Mesozoic geology, and Cenozoic geology can be connected. Physical geography including mapping, oceanic geography, and terrestrial geography can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and Solar system astronomy has often been connected to religion. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical changes, and chemical substances, may be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, modern physics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics may be useful.

History

The origins of religion are lost in prehistory, but can be followed to an increasing extent in antiquity, classical and medieval history, modern history, and can be connected to the future.

Sociology

Peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change provide examples of religion and religious influence.

Links to other sites
Virtual Religion Index
Religion gateway Academic Info
Religion Religions Religious studies page
Adherents.com Religion statistics The treatment of religion on this site is in excellent agreement with the approach intended for Sapience.

Other institutions

Government, economics, education, and families are important in the study of religion and can be applied to particular religions, religious organization, religious practice, and religious belief.

Government

can be applied to particular religions, religious organization, religious practice, and religious beliefs.

Particular governments may have connections to particular religions, religious organization, religions practice, and religions beliefs. International government has some connections to religion. Traditional empires are connected to religion. Colonial empires are connected to religion. Modern compacts may have some connection to religion. Temporary alliances may have some connection to religion. Special purpose organizations may have some connection to religion. Regional organizations may have some connection to religion. World government may have some connection to religion. The old League of Nations does not seemto have a strong connection to religion. The United Nations dos not seem to have a strong connection to religion. National government has connection to particular religions. Local government can be connected to religion.

Government activity is connected to religion. State relations including warfare, diplomacy, and espionage can be considered. Administration can be considered. Succession including election, inheritance, appointment, and siezure can be considered.

Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legistlative systems, executive systems, and heads of state can be connected. Forms of government can be connected.

Law including tribal law, asiatic law, Western law, and international law can be connected.

Economics

Economic systems including firms, networks, types of systems, and economic system behavior may be connected. Industries including companies, agriculture, extraction and manufacuring, constrution, transportation, communication, social and medical services, and commercial and financial services may be useful. Economic activities including production, distribution and exchange, and comsumption may be connected.

Education

Schools including primary schools and secondary schools are important. Higher education can be connected. Educational organization including course material, students, teachers, and administration can be connected. Cultural institutions including museums, libraries, and venues can be considered. Teaching can be connected. Research can be connected.

Families

Particular families can be connected. kinship can be considered. Parenting can be considered. Marriage can be considered.

Culture

Behavioral culture

Cultural events including holidays, gatherings, disasters, and miscellanous events are connected. Parts of what I generally classify as recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theater, dance, and music are religious in nature. Occupations are important. Service-related occupations are most significant. Industrial, communication, transportation, building-related, and food-related occupations are important. Customs including vital customs, living and dwelling customs, dress and adornment customs, social interaction customs, and institutional customs are useful.

Conceptual culture

Religion is closely linked with philosophy, including such subjects as metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, and philosophical schools and doctrines. Applied science including measurement, engineering science, navigation, medical science, information and computing science, accounting, and applied social science can be considered. Mathematics including statistics, geometry, analysis, algebra, arithmetic, and mathematical foundations can be connected. Literature with oral tradition, literary forms, literary types, and particular literary works is highly important. Graphic arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, computer graphics will be useful to religion. Religion is tied to Language including linguistics, writing, and languages of the world.

Material culture

Miscellaneous artifacts including sculpture, toys, medicines, and musical instruments can be connected to religion. Communication technology including electronic, graphic, and written communication can be connected. Transportation technology including space transportation, air transportation, water transportation, air transportation, and packaging can be considered. Clothing is important. Foodstuffs including agricultural products, processed and preservef food, and prepared food will be significant. Building technology including outdoor structure, complete buildings, building parts, furnishings, and building materials is important. Industrial technology including advanced technology, utilities, weaponry, machinery, chemical technology, fuels, and tools seems to be indirectly important.

Anthropology

Particular groups

Particular groups are also likely to be significant.

Human geography

Asian geography including Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and North Asia will be useful. European geography including Balkan, Italian, Iberian, Central European, East European, Northwest European, Island, and Scandinavian geography will be useful. African geography including North African geography, East African geography, West African geography, North Central African geography, South Central African geography, and Southern African geography can be connected. North American geography including Southern North American Geography, Middle North American geography, and Northern North American Geography can be connected. South American geography can be connected. Oceanic geography can be connected.

Human ecology

Human effects on the environment can be connected. Relations with other life forms can be connected. Environmental effects on people can be connected.

Physical anthropology

Human dispersion can be connected to religion. Racial variation can be connected to religion. Human origins pose a challenge to some religious beliefs

Demography

Population change can be connected. Population size and structure can be connected. Mortality and morbidity can be connected. Migration can be connected. Birth and fertility can be connected.

Social foundations

Social group behavior can be connected. Social group types can be connected. Social control can be connected. Social interaction can be connected. Social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies

Biography

Biography includes important figures associated with religion including:

Psychology

Social psychology can be connected to religion. Personality can be connected to religion. Mental disorders can be connected to religion. Developmental psychology can be connected to religion. Behavior patterns can be connected to religion. Mind can be connected to religion. Behavioral elements can be connected.

Human body

Human form and appearance can be connected. The human life cycle can be connected. Disease can be connected. Body function can be connected. Body systems can be connected.

Science

Biology

Biohistory including Precambrian biology, Paleozoic biology, Mesozoic biology, and Cenozoic biology can be connected. Ecology including biogeography, ecosystems, evolution, system ecology, community ecology, population ecology, and behavioral ecology can be connected. Systematics including animal, fungi, plants, protists, and microbes can be connected. Organism biology including behavior, life cycle, form, organ systems, tissues, and habitat can be connected. Cell biology including cell behavior, cell types, and cell anatomy can be connected. Molecular biology including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, small organics, and inorganics can be connected.

Earth science can be connected. Atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology may be useful. Geohistory including Precambrian geology, Paleozoic geology, Mesozoic geology, and Cenozoic geology can be connected. Physical geography including mapping, oceanic geography, and terrestrial geography can be connected.

Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and Solar system astronomy has often been connected to religion. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical changes, and chemical substances, may be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, modern physics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics may be useful.

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