Confessional space and its structure in the context of human geography research
Journal Title: Часопис соціально-економічної географії - Year 2016, Vol 20, Issue 1
Abstract
On the basis of analysis of the works of many scientists, we concluded that the confessional space is different from the concepts of confession, religious sphere and religious space. They all have different scientific explanation and interpretation, although sometimes they have been used as synonyms in Ukrainian social geography. Confessional space differs from religious space, primarily in the fact, that it does not include atheists, agnostics and others, who do not associate themselves with any beliefs. Confessional space – is a part of the religious space that combines in a particular area religious communities, movements and trends that are interconnected with each other by different types and forms of relationships. This our understanding of the confessional space allows us to form different types of structures, namely: territorial, branch (interior, confessional) and management, because it reflects the territorial and branch connection. We present the territorial structure by such elements as: confessional point, confessional center, confessional area and confessional node. We propose to allocate confessional and geographical regions and subregions by the confessional and geographical regionalization. The branch (internal, confessional) structure of the confessional space ofUkraineis represented by more than 55 different trends, confessions and movements. The management structure is rather complex, as every religious confession has its own characteristics in management. It has been established, that the confessional space plays an important role in shaping of the public thinking and course of many social processes.
Authors and Affiliations
Ivan Kostaschuk, Roman Kisil
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