ReligionChristianityConservationAfricaMaasaiTanzaniaLand usePopulationDevelopmentThroughout developing countries, major world religions are spreading into areas important for biodiversity conservation, and little is know about the potential effects of this expansion. This paper examines the effect of religious ...
This transition, which started in the nineteenth century with a protracted process in England and some other European countries, has eventually reached other parts of the world, where the process has tended to be faster. This transition might appear as a spatial diffusion of diseases, but is ...
Of these ideas, religion often spreads the most drastically, finding new roots in places throughout the world. These spreading religions can greatly affect the nations they spread to, often impacting the political, social, and economic aspects of an area. Religions such as Buddhism in Japan and...
Philosophy & Religion Humanities English philosopher Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes, detail of an oil painting by John Michael Wright; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. (more) cultural evolution social science Ask the Chatbot a Question More Actions Also known as: sociocultural evolution...
In stimulus diffusion, atrendcatches on but is changed as it is adopted by different groups, such as when a certain religion is adopted by a population but the practices are blended with the customs of the existing culture. Whenenslaved peoplebroughtVoodoo, which has its origins in African tra...
The need for goods, as well as the process of mercantilism to inflate economies, was instrumental in the advancement of seafaring technologies, the need to spread religion, and the eventual globalization of the slave market. The four major regions in the world, which were the stepping stones ...
universal religion a belief system that actively seeks converts to its faith regardless of their ethnic backgrounds; members often serve as missionaries pilgrimage a religious journey taken by a person to a sacred place of his or her religion Diaspora occurs when one group of people is dispersed ...
Home Hello World Background Readings on Organizational Wokeness Last year, Charles Lehman and I wrote pieces for the Autumn 2021 issue of City Journal (Charles’s essay, my essay) giving organizational explanations for the rise of woke capital. Here is a list of articles that Charles and I ...
8 May 2012 Abstract: This article suggests a framework for moving toward a global history of voting and democracy that focuses less on the diffusion of European ideas (however important those ideas were) than on embedding the history of voting within a worldwide history of ideas on sovereignty....
For that reason, smart cities have to work across several research domains to provide multidisciplinary solutions and strategies that address the needs and issues of a city network. Furthermore, these new solutions and strategies must respect the cultural (religion, ethnic, immaterial heritage, ...