The only book of its kind, this balanced and accessibly written text explores the geographical study of religion. Roger W. Stump presents a clear and meticulous examination of the intersection of religious belief and practice with the concepts of place and space. He begins by analyzing the factors that have shaped the spatial distributions of religious groups, including the seminal events that have fostered the organization of religions in diverse hearths and the subsequent processes of migration and conversion that have spread religious beliefs. The author then assesses how major religions...

This book represents the first major effort to examine the spatial strategies inherent in religious fundamentalism, a complex and controversial force in contemporary societies around the world, focusing on the significant relationships between fundamentalist movements and the geographical contexts in which they develop.