ABSTRACT
In geographical terms, all spaces are political. Defining that space or geography is a matter of who controls it and determines which elements will be emphasized. Space is an ontological category that characterizes all social structures and any system of social relations, and not an ontical category that refers to particular sorts of space. Subfields like cultural geography developed, which examine human perceptions of geography. Scholars dedicated themselves to describing the 'cultural landscape'. Such studies are furthered by anthropologists and psychologists delving into reactions to density and crowding, privacy and territoriality, that result in clashes over community and national boundaries. Topography alone cannot dictate the location of religious projects, nor are religious spaces evanescent. In fact, there is a remarkable similarity between secular nation-state and colonialism projects with space in the religious sphere in that all rely on de- and re-territorializing.
