Sacred worlds
Subtitle: an introduction to geography and religion
By: Chris C. Park.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Sacred space.; Religion and geography.; Human geography.; Geographical perception.
Description: This book, the first in the field for two decades, looks at the relationships between geography and religion. It represents a synthesis of research by geographers of many countries, mainly since the 1960s.

No previous book has tackled this emerging field from such a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, and never before have such a variety of detailed case studies been pulled together in so comparative or illuminating a way. Examples and case studies have been drawn from all the major world religions and from all continents. Many historical examples complement the contemporary ones in this wide-ranging review.

Major themes covered in the book include the distribution of religion and the processes by which religion and religious ideas spread through space and time. Some of the important links between religion and population are also explored. A great deal of attention is focused on the visible manifestations of religion on the cultural landscape, including landscapes of worship and of death, and the whole field of sacred space and religious pilgrimage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-312) and index.