World GeographyTuesday 01-15-2019.

Zoro-astrian-ism

•Zoroastrianism:

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvYnWs_UAEs

Mexican Witchcraft:

•Mexican Witchcraft:

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ucyH9_Yf9A

Reminders:

•Test #3 is tomorrow.

Learning Targets:

•I can explain how the different religious denominations diffused throughout America.

Section 4: American Christianity.

•Like Evangelicals, they share conservative cultural practices, a strong focus on family life and deeply held religious convictions.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•In this section, we will see how the United States offers a unique case study in the diffusion or spread of religion (in this case, Christianity).

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Did you know…

•Most people don’t choose their religion.

•They just adopt the religion of their parents.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Adopting a new religion significantly changes one’s life.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•The indigenous and enslaved populations of the Americas often experienced religious conversion as part of a major change brought on by the arrival of the Europeans.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Catholicism arrived and spread in the Americas with the Spanish explorers.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Later, many Catholic-Europeans migrated to locations in America with existing Catholic populations for security and comfort.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Lutherans largely migrated from the Germanic countries of Northern Europe.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Germans and Scandinavians found the colder climates of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas much to their liking.

Minnesota Winter

Wisconsin Winter

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•When they migrated here, they brought their religion.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Baptists were a small minority throughout the Colonial era.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Their numbers grew as a result of their focus on spoken religious services.

Section 5: Diffusion of Religion.

•Many of the later immigrants to the South could not read.