Conclusions

Abstract

In this chapter, two examples of the diffusiveness of religion are considered: the sacred island of Delos in Greece and religions in Thomas More’s island of Utopia. Both are useful to demonstrate what diffused religion really is. The theory of diffused religion provides various explanations for the resilience of religions, especially where single forms have managed to establish themselves and progress over time. Historical events follow one another leading to changes affecting political regimes, entire economies, organizations and movements, though they barely scathe those structures and modalities of religion that have become ingrained over centuries and millennia. There is a persistence of different religions diffused all over the world, with prospects that appear different from those raised at the end of the last century.