This thesis presents the Marian place of pilgrimage 'Koclířov by Svitavy', the residence of the Czech-Moravian Fatima, the apostolate centre of the Czech Republic which plays a unique position within the Catholic Church. The aim of the work, coming under the geography of religion, is an in-depth study of the relatively recently established pilgrimage center, which dates back to 1995. Analyzing how this particular pilgrimage location has transformed, I have tried to decipher a total of 4 assumptions that are seemingly contradictory and illogical: the start of the location's sanctification in this extremely secular destination; the phenomenon of the Polish Pope St. John Paul II. in this area, over 250 km away from his native Wadowice and the post- secular activities of religious pilgrims. How could this formerly sleepy and remote village become a pilgrimage center of regional, national or even international importance? And how does mutual cooperation with the municipality and the local school work? To reach a relevant theoretical framing of pilgrimage throughout Europe, as well as the global context, I drew mainly from Polish literature, where pilgrimage has deeper roots and plays a traditional role. In addition, perhaps the only department of religious geography of the world is based at the...

Territorial identities are a mosaic of many different cultural elements, from which religion is just one subset. This dissertation explores elements of religion as they are expressed within territorial identities at varying scale levels in Czechia and several neighboring countries. The use of a religiously themed postage stamp or a Christian toponym, the inclusion of a religious site in a hand drawn map of one's hometown or one's position regarding the return of disputed properties to the churches they were taken from years ago, each of these can be an expression of territorial identity. Whether actively practiced or passively acknowledged, religion is bound up in our sense of place. The four separate studies that make up the body of this dissertation present religion's case as an integral ingredient within the territorial identities of Central Europe. In terms of spatial differences, Slovakia and Poland are more likely, as compared to Czechia, to recognize and include elements of religion in their territorial identities. This is true at both national - postage stamps - and local levels - toponyms and cognitive maps. Each of the methods used to explore the presence of religion in expressions of territorial identity - postage stamps, toponyms and cognitive maps - proved effective. The comparative...

The influence of religion on the status of women in selected countries The diploma thesis comes from theoretical concepts of feminist geography, geography of religion and from the research of gender inequalities. It tries to analyze the influence of selected religions on the status of women in the society and to compare Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and those without religion in this field. It comes from a thought, that gender equality is an important element for social and economical development of the state and for democracy. The key research topic for this thesis is how extensive influence the religion has on the status of woman in the society. Based on quantitative analysis of data from 41 chosen states of the world, the thesis endeavours to judge the impact of religion on the status of women in terms of social, political and economical level. One of the premises of the thesis is a presumption, that the status of women is the best in society where the majority of population is without religion, then in Christian society, Buddhist and Hinduism society and the worst in Muslim society. Based on results of statistical analysis it may be stated, that involvement of women in the public sphere has a positive impact on the socio-economical development of the state. Religion amplifies gender...

Thinking about how different human sciences recognize the importance of religion in their studies and research, and in the way that the geography, from its beginnings, has approached this subject, rarely understanding it as important and revealing to the human action in space, I traced the first objective of this thesis. I try to understand the theoretical pathways through which geography went to pour in geography of religion. For this, I analyze separately the development of scientific studies on religion, and I try to rescue on the history of geographical thought, the closest time to a beginning of geography of religion. From brief analyzes and dialogues with theses and dissertations about geography of religion in Brazil, I try to understand how this field has developed, what s its weaknesses and its potential. Reflecting on my work as a researcher in traditional communities in the riverside area of the river São Francisco, in the north of Minas Gerais, I realized how much the popular religiosity acts significantly among its residents. Thus, I tried to recover and analyze the role of popular catholicism, from one of its present manifestations in these communities - the Folias. Through different analyzes I would like to present the Folias while a religious identity with a role that has two dimensions: the religious, that contributes significantly in the redefinition of a traditionalism of these communities; and the geographical, that the various relationships established with different spaces, are characterized as one of the popular religious manifestations with the greatest potential for studies and research on the geography of religion. / Pensando sobre como diferentes ciências humanas reconhecem a importância da religião em seus estudos e pesquisas e na maneira como a geografia, desde os seus primórdios, tem abordado este tema, raramente a compreendendo como importante e reveladora da ação humana no espaço, tracei os primeiros objetivos da presente tese. Busco então entender os percursos teóricos pelos quais a geografia passou até desaguar em uma geografia da religião. Para isto analiso separadamente a evolução dos estudos científicos sobre religião e tento resgatar na história do pensamento geográfico o momento mais próximo do início de uma geografia da religião. A partir de breves análises e diálogos com teses e dissertações de geografia da religião no Brasil, procuro entender como este campo tem se desenvolvido, quais suas fragilidades e suas potencialidades. Refletindo sobre minha atuação como pesquisadora em comunidades tradicionais da região ribeirinha do rio São Francisco, no norte de Minas Gerais, observei o quanto a religiosidade popular atua de maneira significativa entre seus moradores. Dessa maneira, procurei resgatar e analisar o papel do catolicismo popular, a partir de uma de suas manifestações que são muito presentes nestas comunidades as Folias. Por meio de diferentes análises apresento as Folias enquanto uma religiosidade com um papel identitário que possui duas dimensões: a religiosa que contribui significativamente na ressignificação de uma tradicionalidade dessas comunidades; e a geográfica, que pelas variadas relações que estabelecem com diferentes espaços, caracterizam-se como uma das manifestações religiosas populares com maior potencial para estudos e pesquisas na geografia da religião. / Doutor em Geografia

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de estudar o processo de internacionalização das igrejas protestantes brasileiras, principalmente na América do Sul, com enfoque na vertente pentecostal, assim como nas denominações de origem nacional, baseando-se nas discussões da geografia acerca da difusão religiosa. A pesquisa parte de uma tese, que consiste na crença de que os elementos axiológicos, como a religião, interferem na concretude, como na política e na economia. Para embasar a tese, a investigação é desenvolvida com base em um objetivo geral, seguido de quatro objetivos específicos. O objetivo geral é compreender o sistema de fixos e fluxos das redes pentecostais brasileiras na América do Sul. O primeiro objetivo especifico é sistematizar as principais discussões teóricas sobre a religião na geografia. O segundo objetivo especifico é discutir a história do protestantismo no Brasil, da sua chegada no país, até o seu atual processo de difusão internacional. O terceiro objetivo específico é estudar a dinâmica de difusão nacional das principais igrejas pentecostais, que são: Igrejas Evangélicas Assembleias de Deus; Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus e a Igreja do Evangelho Quadrangular. O quarto objetivo específico é analisar a internacionalização dessas mesmas três igrejas pentecostais brasileiras, o instrumental técnico-metodológico é baseado em discussões teóricas, históricas e empíricas. Com base nestas discussões são demonstrados padrões de espacialização das redes, periodizações de suas expansões e são criadas categorias de análise acerca da internacionalização das igrejas pentecostais brasileiras. / The present work aims to study the internationalization process of Brazilian Protestant churches, especially in South America, with a focus on Pentecostal branch, as well as the networks of national origin, based on the discussions of geography on religious diffusion. To start the research begins with a thesis, which consists in the belief that the axiological elements such as religion, interfere in the concrete, as in politics and the economy. To support the thesis, research developed based on a general goal, followed by four specific objectives, the overall goal is to understand the system of fixed and flows of Brazilian Pentecostals networks in South America. The first specific aim is to systematize the main theoretical discussions about religion in geography. The second specific aim is to discuss the history of Protestantism in Brazil, from his arrival in the country, to its current process of international diffusion. The third specific objective is to study the dynamics of national broadcast of the main churches Pentecostals who are Evangelical Churches Assemblies of God, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and the Church of the Foursquare Gospel. The fourth specific objective is to analyze the internationalization of these same three Brazilian Pentecostal churches. The technical and methodological tools based on theoretical, historical and empirical discussions. Therefore in research are stated patterns of networks, periodization of its expansion, and are created categories of analyzes regarding the internationalization of Brazilian Pentecostal churches.

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The diploma thesis deals with topics in the teaching of geography of religion at the 2nd grade of elementary school. The aim of the thesis is to create own educational material focused on the geography of religion, which will develop pupils in the key competences resulting from interdisciplinary relationships. The theoretical part is devoted to the classification of teaching methods and their characteristics. Futher, the issue of geography of religion is placed in the context of RVP ZV and monitored at selected schools. From the point of view of the given topic, attention is also paid to the didactical evaluation of geography textbooks for the 2nd level of primary schools with the current MŠMT clause. At the end of the thesis there is a proposal of own teaching material in the form of various activities that will interestingly approach pupils to the given topic.

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / A presente pesquisa de mestrado configura-se como um trabalho no âmbito da História do Pensamento Geográfico no qual privilegia-se a relação geografia e religião expressa no subcampo da geografia cultural: geografia da religião. Seu objetivo central é compreender a dinâmica de desenvolvimento deste subcampo, expresso nos estudos que vem se realizando nesta área e melhor compreendida se elaborarmos os seguintes questionamentos: (a) em que contexto se desenvolveu e vem se desenvolvendo o subcampo em tela? (b) como se caracteriza o subcampo em termos nacionais? (c) Quais são as categorias de análise/conceitos próprios deste subcampo? (d) Quais são as metodologias genuinamente pertencentes ao subcampo? Com o objetivo de concretizá-la, nos utilizamos do conceito de campo e do método reflexivo interpretado por Pierre Bourdieu (1989), conjugadas as três dimensões da cultura de Raymond Williams (1992); das congruências interdisciplinares das ciências sociais que abordam o fenômeno religioso, sendo elas a Sociologia e a Antropologia; como também da relação geografia cultural-geografia da religião. O recorte temporal se mescla a linha cronológica da geografia cultural no Brasil, iniciando em 1989 e condicionada ao término da integralização do curso de mestrado, em 2009. A importância desta proposta consiste na tentativa de construir um quadro panorâmico dos estudos em geografia da religião no Brasil. / This masters thesis presents itself as a work in the History of Geographical Thought which the focus is the relationship between geography and religion expressed in the subfield of cultural geography: geography of religion. Its main objective is to understand the dynamics of development of this subfield, expressed in the studies that have been performed in this area and better understood if we elaborated the following questions: (a) what is the context that the subfield was developed and is developing? (b) how is characterized the subfield in national terms? (c) what are the categories of analysis / concepts peculiar to this subfield? (d) What are the methodologies genuinely belonging to the subfield? In order to make it happen, we use the field concept and method reflective by Pierre Bourdieu (1989), combined to the three dimensions of culture by Raymond Williams (1992); also, the interdisciplinary between social sciences like Sociology and Anthropology, and also the relation between the cultural geography and the geography of religion. The time line is the same of cultural geography in Brazil, starting in 1989 and conditional upon the end of my master course period, in 2009. The importance of this proposal is an attempt to build a general overview of studies in geography of religion in Brazil.

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / A presente pesquisa de mestrado configura-se como um trabalho no âmbito da História do Pensamento Geográfico no qual privilegia-se a relação geografia e religião expressa no subcampo da geografia cultural: geografia da religião. Seu objetivo central é compreender a dinâmica de desenvolvimento deste subcampo, expresso nos estudos que vem se realizando nesta área e melhor compreendida se elaborarmos os seguintes questionamentos: (a) em que contexto se desenvolveu e vem se desenvolvendo o subcampo em tela? (b) como se caracteriza o subcampo em termos nacionais? (c) Quais são as categorias de análise/conceitos próprios deste subcampo? (d) Quais são as metodologias genuinamente pertencentes ao subcampo? Com o objetivo de concretizá-la, nos utilizamos do conceito de campo e do método reflexivo interpretado por Pierre Bourdieu (1989), conjugadas as três dimensões da cultura de Raymond Williams (1992); das congruências interdisciplinares das ciências sociais que abordam o fenômeno religioso, sendo elas a Sociologia e a Antropologia; como também da relação geografia cultural-geografia da religião. O recorte temporal se mescla a linha cronológica da geografia cultural no Brasil, iniciando em 1989 e condicionada ao término da integralização do curso de mestrado, em 2009. A importância desta proposta consiste na tentativa de construir um quadro panorâmico dos estudos em geografia da religião no Brasil. / This masters thesis presents itself as a work in the History of Geographical Thought which the focus is the relationship between geography and religion expressed in the subfield of cultural geography: geography of religion. Its main objective is to understand the dynamics of development of this subfield, expressed in the studies that have been performed in this area and better understood if we elaborated the following questions: (a) what is the context that the subfield was developed and is developing? (b) how is characterized the subfield in national terms? (c) what are the categories of analysis / concepts peculiar to this subfield? (d) What are the methodologies genuinely belonging to the subfield? In order to make it happen, we use the field concept and method reflective by Pierre Bourdieu (1989), combined to the three dimensions of culture by Raymond Williams (1992); also, the interdisciplinary between social sciences like Sociology and Anthropology, and also the relation between the cultural geography and the geography of religion. The time line is the same of cultural geography in Brazil, starting in 1989 and conditional upon the end of my master course period, in 2009. The importance of this proposal is an attempt to build a general overview of studies in geography of religion in Brazil.

The Way to Saint James is presented from two points of view. First, its character and its position in the pilgrimage - tourism continuum are subjects of the research. The position's analysis is based on dataset created by the Office for pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela about the pilgrims' motivation. The pilgrimage's position in the pilgrimage - tourism continuum has been getting closer to the limit between the spiritual and the profane during last years but it has not been reached yet. Then, the influence of the pilgrimage in a regional development is analyzed. The existence of the diffusion effect is examined in a study of model localities. The towns of Palas de Rei and Taboada, both in the Lugo region, have been chosen to examine the existence of this influence. The towns of Puente la Reina/Gares in the Navarra region, Nájera in the La Rioja region, Sahagún in the León region and Palas de Rein in the Lugo region have been chosen to examine the diffusion effect. The existence of the regional development is confirmed by increasing number of hotels and restaurants but not in the socioeconomic development. The diffusion effect is not confirmed. KEY WORDS: geography of religion, religious tourism, Spain, Way to Saint James (Camino de Santiago), pilgrimage - tourism continuum, diffusion efect