Religious Belief

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

   

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Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology has various connections to religious belief. Personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biographies can be closely connected to religious beliefs.

Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography, and particular groups can be connected.

Culture including material culture and conceptual culture will be useful. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, recreation and entertainment, and cultural events can be connected.

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Other institutions

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families will be useful. Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, school organization, and schools can be connected. Economics including economic activity, industries, and economic systems can be connected. Government including law, government struture, and government activity will be useful. Particular governments including local governments, national governments, and international government may be connected. Other areas of religion including practices, organization with unstructured, fragmented, and structured organization and particular religions will also be important.

Sociology

Social structure and change involving social structure and social types seems to have interesting connections to religious belief. Social change including factors, processes, and particular changes can be considered.

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

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 the United States and Brazil are also useful.

History

The history of religious belief is also an interesting area of study and includes prehistory, antiquity, and classical and medieval history.

Details of modern times including the 16th century and 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.

Recent and current events of the early 21st century including the early 2000s and late 2000s including 2006, 2007, and 2008 can be examined. The future including the early future, middle future, and far future is obscure.


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