GEOG 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cargo Cult, Snakebite, Passover Seder
13 Sep 2017
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Born in bethlehem between 8 and 4 bc. Expansion diffusion: snowballing effect, crowds hear jesus preach, more come to his sermons. Contagious diffusion: one-on-one diffusion, jesus to the disciples. Crucifixion: jesus died to atone for peoples" sins. Resurrection: miracle (raised from dead by god) and provides hope of eternal salvation. Expansion: snowballing effect, more people in an area become christians. Missionaries: carried christianity outside of culture hearth in palestine. Roman empire: pax romana roman peace, armies protected roads and shipping safe travel. First hierarchical diffusion to cities: roman roads connected cities directly, rapid diffusion. Spread locally though contagious diffusion: daily contact between christians in towns and non-christians in countryside. Split by 5th century ad: eastern roman empire is more greek, orthodox christian, western roman empire is more roman, roman catholicism. Split in 14th century: small splits from roman catholicism, oct 31, 1517 martin luther posts 95 theses on door of church in wittenberg, germany, real beginning of protestant reformation.
