Recent concept of Backbone router for Redemption.

gistfile1.js

define(['jquery', 'lodash', 'backbone', 'moment'],
function($, _, Backbone) {
  var Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
		routes: {
			'visit': 'visit',
			'connect': 'connect',
			'events': 'events',
			'sermons': 'sermons',
			'*actions': 'default'
		}
	});

	var initialize = function() {
		var router = new Router;

		router.on('route:visit', function() {
			console.log('visit');
		});

		router.on('route:connect', function() {
			console.log('connect');
		});

		router.on('route:events', function() {
			console.log('events');
		});

		router.on('route:sermons', function() {
			console.log('sermons');
		});

		router.on('route:default', function(actions) {
			if (actions === '') { actions = 'home'; }
			console.log('Route:', actions);
		});

		Backbone.history.start({pushState: true});

		var RedemptionView = Backbone.View.extend({
			el: 'body',
			events: {
				'click a': 'nav'
			},
			nav: function(event) {
				event.preventDefault();
				// teardown

				// fire
				router.navigate($(event.target).attr('href'), true);
				console.log(Backbone.history);
			}
		}),

		redemptionView = new RedemptionView;

		console.log('Redemption initialized');
	};

	return {
		initialize: initialize
	};
});