Religious Belief


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Religious belief refers to various systems of belief, and includes a variety of topics.

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History Little is known of religious belief during prehistory. There is more and better evidence of it in antiquity, and knowledge of it has increased through classical and medieval and modern times. The future has scarcely been examined.	Links to other areas: Not yet developed.
Prehistory Early prehistory including the Pliocene, early Pleistocene, early mid Pleistocene, late mid Pleistocene, and late Pleistocene is not well known. Middle prehistory including the 5th decamillennium BP, 4th decamillennium BP, 3rd decamillennium BP, and 2nd decamillenium BP can be connected. Late prehistory including the early 8th millennium BC, late 8th millennium BC, early 7th millennium BC, late 7th millennium BC, early 6th millennium BC, and late 6th millennium BC can be connected. Antiquity The 5th millennium BC including the early 5th millennium BC, early mid 5th millennium BC, mid 5th millennium BC, late mid 5th millennium BC, and late 5th millennium BC can be connected. The 4th millennium BC including the early 4th millennium BC, early mid 4th millennium BC, mid 4th millennium BC, late mid 4th millennium BC, and late 4th millennium BC can be connected. The 3rd millennium BC including the early 3rd millennium BC, early mid 3rd millennium BC, mid 3rd millennium BC, late mid 3rd millennium BC, and late 3rd millennium BC can be connected. The 2nd millennium BC including the early 2nd millennium BC, early mid 2nd millennium BC, mid 2nd millennium BC, late mid 2nd millennium BC, and late 2nd millennium BC can be connected. The early 1st millennium BC including the 10th century BC, 9th century BC, 8th century BC, 7th century BC, and 6th century BC can be connected. Classical and medieval history Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and early 1st cencury BC can be considered. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval history including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 20th century can also be examined. Late medieval times including the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, and 15th century can be connected. Modern history The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected. 17th century will be gathered as the site develops. The early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected. Developments of the 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be followed. Developments of the 19th century including the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late mid 19th century, and late 19th century can also be followed. The 20th century including the early 20th century, early-mid 20th century, and mid 20th century can be examined. The late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be connected. Events of the late 20th century including the early 1980s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and late 1990s can be considered. Early 21st century The early 2000s including 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 can be connected. 2005 including the first quarter 2005, second quarter 2005, third quarter 2005, and fourth quarter 2005 can be connected. The late 2000s can be examined. 2006 during the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter and 2007 during the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter can be connected. 2008 including the first quarter, second quarter, with April, May, and June, and third quarter, with July, August, and September can be examined. The fourth quarter including October and November can be considered. 2009 can be connected. 2010 and events of the first quarter 2010, second quarter 2010, and third quarter 2010 can be considered. The fourth quarter 2010 including events of October 2010, November 2010, and December 2010 can be considered. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The 1st quarter 2011 can be connected. January 2011 including 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected. February 2011, and March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011 including April 2011, May 2011, and June 2011 can be connected. The future including the near future down to next month (December 2008 and January 2009), next quarter, and next year, the middle future, and far future is obscure. Sociology The variety and distribution of religions beliefs among peoples of the world may be interesting. Asiatic peoples, African peoples each tend to have distinctive climates of religious belief. This is first and most easily examined using nations such as Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines. Western Civilization including Russia,can be examined. Anglic peoples including those of the United States are especially important. Latin peoples including Brazil can be connected. Asiatic peoples including those of Bangladesh can be examined. South Asian peoples including those of India and Pakistan can be examined. Oriental peoples including those of China will be significant. Southeast Asia including Indonesia can be considered. American Indian peoples including those of Brazil are also useful. Middle American Indian peoples including those of the southwest United States can be connected. North American Indian peoples of the United States can also be considered. Communities Communities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, and New York City will also be developed as this site expands. Social structure and change Social structure and change seems to have interesting connections to religious belief. Social change Particular changes and movements including the agricultural revolution can be connected. The agrarian revolution including bronze age movements, early iron age movements, late iron age movements, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution, middle industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution can be connected. Social change factors including institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change can be connected. Social change processes including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be connected. Social types Industrial societies can be connected. Agrarian societies can be connected. Horticultural societies can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected. Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and demographic structure can be connected. Other institutions Other religion Particular religions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism can be connected. Religious organization with unstructured, fragmented, and structured organization will also be important. Religious practice can be connected. Government Particular governments including local governments, national governments, and international government may be connected. Government activity including state relations, administration, and succession can be connected. Government structure including government forms, heads of state, executive systems, legislative systems, judicial systems, and political parties and interest groups can be connected. Law including international law, Western law, Asiatic law, and tribal law can be connected. Economics Economic systems including economic system behavior, economic system types, networks, and firms can be connected. Industries including commercial and financial, communication, transportation, social and medical services, building services, extraction and manufacturing, and agriculture can be connected. Economic activity including consumption, distribution and excnage, and production can be connected. Education Schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected. Cultural institutions including performance venues, libraries, and museums can be connected. Teaching can be connected. Research can be connected. Families Particular families can be connected. Kinship can be connected. Parenting can be connected. Marriage can be connected. Culture Behavioral culture including customs and occupations can be connected. Cultural events including holidays, gatherings, disasters, and miscellaneous events can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theatre, dance, and music can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communication technology, transportation technology, clothing, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected. Anthropology Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology including human effects on the environment, relations with other life, and environmental effects on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, deaths, migration, and births can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation can be connected. Personal studies Biography can be connected. Psychology including social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, life cycle, disease, body functions, and body systems can be connected. Science Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical anthropology, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances can be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, quantum physics, relativity, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics can be connected.

History

Little is known of religious belief during prehistory. There is more and better evidence of it in antiquity, and knowledge of it has increased through classical and medieval and modern times. The future has scarcely been examined.

Links to other areas: Not yet developed.

Prehistory

Early prehistory including the Pliocene, early Pleistocene, early mid Pleistocene, late mid Pleistocene, and late Pleistocene is not well known. Middle prehistory including the 5th decamillennium BP, 4th decamillennium BP, 3rd decamillennium BP, and 2nd decamillenium BP can be connected. Late prehistory including the early 8th millennium BC, late 8th millennium BC, early 7th millennium BC, late 7th millennium BC, early 6th millennium BC, and late 6th millennium BC can be connected.

Antiquity

The 5th millennium BC including the early 5th millennium BC, early mid 5th millennium BC, mid 5th millennium BC, late mid 5th millennium BC, and late 5th millennium BC can be connected. The 4th millennium BC including the early 4th millennium BC, early mid 4th millennium BC, mid 4th millennium BC, late mid 4th millennium BC, and late 4th millennium BC can be connected. The 3rd millennium BC including the early 3rd millennium BC, early mid 3rd millennium BC, mid 3rd millennium BC, late mid 3rd millennium BC, and late 3rd millennium BC can be connected. The 2nd millennium BC including the early 2nd millennium BC, early mid 2nd millennium BC, mid 2nd millennium BC, late mid 2nd millennium BC, and late 2nd millennium BC can be connected. The early 1st millennium BC including the 10th century BC, 9th century BC, 8th century BC, 7th century BC, and 6th century BC can be connected.

Classical and medieval history

Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and early 1st cencury BC can be considered. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval history including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 20th century can also be examined. Late medieval times including the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, and 15th century can be connected.

Modern history

The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected.

17th century will be gathered as the site develops. The early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected.

Developments of the 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be followed.

Developments of the 19th century including the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late mid 19th century, and late 19th century can also be followed.

The 20th century including the early 20th century, early-mid 20th century, and mid 20th century can be examined. The late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be connected.

Events of the late 20th century including the early 1980s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and late 1990s can be considered.

Early 21st century

The early 2000s including 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 can be connected. 2005 including the first quarter 2005, second quarter 2005, third quarter 2005, and fourth quarter 2005 can be connected.

The late 2000s can be examined. 2006 during the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter and 2007 during the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter can be connected. 2008 including the first quarter, second quarter, with April, May, and June, and third quarter, with July, August, and September can be examined. The fourth quarter including October and November can be considered. 2009 can be connected.

2010 and events of the first quarter 2010, second quarter 2010, and third quarter 2010 can be considered. The fourth quarter 2010 including events of October 2010, November 2010, and December 2010 can be considered.

The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The 1st quarter 2011 can be connected. January 2011 including 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected. February 2011, and March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011 including April 2011, May 2011, and June 2011 can be connected.

The future including the near future down to next month (December 2008 and January 2009), next quarter, and next year, the middle future, and far future is obscure.

Sociology

The variety and distribution of religions beliefs among peoples of the world may be interesting. Asiatic peoples, African peoples each tend to have distinctive climates of religious belief.

This is first and most easily examined using nations such as Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines.

Western Civilization including Russia,can be examined. Anglic peoples including those of the United States are especially important. Latin peoples including Brazil can be connected.

Asiatic peoples including those of Bangladesh can be examined. South Asian peoples including those of India and Pakistan can be examined. Oriental peoples including those of China will be significant. Southeast Asia including Indonesia can be considered.

American Indian peoples including those of Brazil are also useful. Middle American Indian peoples including those of the southwest United States can be connected. North American Indian peoples of the United States can also be considered.

Communities

Communities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, and New York City will also be developed as this site expands.

Social structure and change

Social structure and change seems to have interesting connections to religious belief.

Social change

Particular changes and movements including the agricultural revolution can be connected. The agrarian revolution including bronze age movements, early iron age movements, late iron age movements, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution, middle industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution can be connected. Social change factors including institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change can be connected. Social change processes including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be connected.

Social types

Industrial societies can be connected. Agrarian societies can be connected. Horticultural societies can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected.

Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and demographic structure can be connected.

Other institutions

Other religion

Particular religions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism can be connected. Religious organization with unstructured, fragmented, and structured organization will also be important. Religious practice can be connected.

Government

Particular governments including local governments, national governments, and international government may be connected. Government activity including state relations, administration, and succession can be connected. Government structure including government forms, heads of state, executive systems, legislative systems, judicial systems, and political parties and interest groups can be connected. Law including international law, Western law, Asiatic law, and tribal law can be connected.

Economics

Economic systems including economic system behavior, economic system types, networks, and firms can be connected. Industries including commercial and financial, communication, transportation, social and medical services, building services, extraction and manufacturing, and agriculture can be connected. Economic activity including consumption, distribution and excnage, and production can be connected.

Education

Schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected. Cultural institutions including performance venues, libraries, and museums can be connected. Teaching can be connected. Research can be connected.

Families

Particular families can be connected. Kinship can be connected. Parenting can be connected. Marriage can be connected.

Culture

Behavioral culture including customs and occupations can be connected. Cultural events including holidays, gatherings, disasters, and miscellaneous events can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theatre, dance, and music can be connected.

Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communication technology, transportation technology, clothing, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected.

Anthropology

Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology including human effects on the environment, relations with other life, and environmental effects on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, deaths, migration, and births can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies

Biography can be connected. Psychology including social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, life cycle, disease, body functions, and body systems can be connected.

Science

Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical anthropology, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances can be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, quantum physics, relativity, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics can be connected.