ABSTRACT
At first glance, geography and religion seem to be curious bedfellows. However, even a brief reflection reveals a myriad of ways in which the two interact-religion affects people and their behaviour in many different ways, and geographers have traditionally been concerned with the spatial patterns, distributions and manifestations of people and environment. Glacken notes how,
in ancient and modern times alike, theology and geography have often been closely related studies because they meet at crucial points of human curiosity. If we seek after the nature of God, we must consider the nature of man and the earth, and if we look at the earth, questions of divine purpose in its creation and of the role of mankind inevitably arise.
