GEOG 100 Chapter Notes -Lynn Townsend White Jr., Genius Loci, Earth Religion
11 Oct 2013
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Religion a system of beliefs regarding conduct in accordance with teachers found in scared writings or declared by authoritative teachers often involving rituals, a code of ethics, and a philosophy of life. ~ geographer"s study religion along 2 primary lines: religious patterns across the earth religion in terms of expression on the landscape. ~ religion can contribute in a deeper way to humans shaping the earth. > what people do depends on what they think. Religion has a very strong role in shaping these attitude. Ahimsa is the greatest of religions: prohibits killing or harming animals. Trials against rats, charged with wilful barley crop destruction. Rats even had a lawyer who had to give reasons for them not turning up for trial. Caterpillars were charged with leaving the forests and trespassing o the crops. A law was past that caterpillars could do anything but not interfere with human activities.
