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Globalization of Religion
In General we define religion as a system of belief and practices that creates both cultural and
religious differences and gives the strength to respect and tolerate other religions in the age of
globalization.
The word religion comes from Latin “religare” which means to bind together again that which
was once bound but has since been torn apart or broken.”
On the other hand, globalization creates new door to strength religion such as enhancing
beliefs and values, teaching equality for everyone, showing kindness etc.
While it creates obstacles and challenges as it breaks traditional values while weakening
their own religious values, reinforces specific identities, creates a circle of conflict and
competition among various religion etc. So, we can see that, relationship between globalization
and religion is a complex issue, one with new possibilities and furthering challenges.
Religion Much more than culture has the most difficult relationship with globalism.
Religion and globalism are entirely contrasting belief systems.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND GLOBALIZATION IS MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED
The Malaysian government places religion at the center of the political system.
it’s constitution explicitly states that "Islam is the religion of the federation", and the rulers of
each state was also "The head of religion of Islam“
PETER BERGER
He argues that far from being secularized the contemporary world is furiously religious.
There are veritable explosions of religious fervor, occurring in one form of another in all the
major religious traditions(Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism).
Religions is the foundation of modern republics
ISOLATION JUSTIFICATION
The followers of the Dalai Lama established Tibet to create impenetrable sanctuaries where they
can practice their religion without the meddling and control of the state authorities.
Buddhist monasteries located away for civilizations that hermits can devote themselves to prayer
and contemplation.
Rizalistas of Mount Banahaw and the Mormons of Utah.
Religion and Globalism
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
Aspire to become a saint.
Detest politics and the quest for power for they are evidence of humanity weaknesses
Evangelization is in itself a form of globalization.
Concerned with spreading holy ideas globally.
GLOBALIST
Trains to be a shrewd business person.
Values politics and the quest for power as both means and ends to open up further weakness the
economies of the world
Focused on the realm of market.
Wishes to spread goods and services.
RELIGION
concerned with the sacred
follows divine commandments
assume that there is the positivity of communication between humans and the transcendent
GLOBALISM
Places value on material wealth
Abides by human made laws
Yardstick is how much of humans actions can lead to the highest material satisfaction
Globalization and religion one with possibilities:
With globalization religion becomes a culture of pluralism that teach us to respect of other
religions.
As globalization brings economic marginalization, many various religious organizations play an
important social role such as- Catholic Relief Services, World Vision International, and Islamic
Relief Worldwide etc. serve many disadvantage areas such as- poverty relief, health care, the
HIV/AIDs crisis, and environment problems etc. that draws massive followers while
strengthening religious values and ideas.
Globalization also brings global political forums that try to diminish cultural, ethnic, ideological
and religious differences such as- while discussing issues such as international peace and
security, health, poverty, environment etc., the UN, WHO, EU, AU, OIC etc. organization also
shares basic commitments of religious tradition such as peace, human dignity and equality,
religious freedom, conflict resolution etc.
Globalization opens a new door for religion that enhances cooperation, tolerance and brings new
opportunities and possibilities.
There is hardly a religious movement today that does not use religion to oppose “profane”
globalization.
Yet, two of the so-called “old world religions” – Christianity and Islam – see globalization less
as an obstacle and more as an opportunity to expand their reach all over the world.
Religious fundamental may dislike globalization’s materialism, but it continues to use “the full
range of modern means of communication and organization” that is associated with this
economic transformation.
While religious may benefits from the processes of globalization, this that does not mean that its
tensions with globalist ideology will subside.
Religion for and Against Globalization
What Catholics call “preferential option for the poor” is a powerful message of mobilization but
looks substance when it comes to working out a replacement system that can change the poor
condition in concrete ways.
The traditionalism of fundamentalist political Islam is no alternative either. The terrorism of ISIS
is unlikely to create a “Caliphate” government by justice and stability.
In Iran, the unchallenged superiority of a religious autocracy has stifled all freedom of
expressions, distorted democratic rituals like elections and tainted the opposition.
Religious fundamentalism has tapped “fast long-distance transport and communication, the
availability of English as a global vernacular of unparalleled power, the know-how of modern
management and marketing”, which unable the spread of “almost promiscuous propagation of
religious forms across the globe in all sorts of directions”.
These fundamentalist organization are the result of the spread of globalization and both find
ways to benefit or take advantage of each other.
Religion is not the “regressive force” that steps or slows down globalization; it is a “pro-active
force” that gives communities a new and powerful basis of identity.
Religion for and Against Globalization
Religion is an instrument with which religious people can put their mark in the reshaping of this
globalizing world.
Religious fundamentalism may dislike globalizations materialism, but it continues to use “the
full range of modern means of communication and organization” that is associated with
economic transformation.
CHRISTIANITY and IASLAM or the so-called “old world religions” see globalization less as an
obstacle and more as an opportunity to expand their reach all over the world.
Globalization has “freed” communities from the constraints of the nation-state but in the process
also threatened to destroy the cultural system that bind them together.
Religion seeks to take the place of these broken ties to either help communities cope with their
new situation or organize them to oppose this major transformation of their lives.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND GLOBALIZATION IS MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
“Not only do the American practice their religion out of self-interest but they often even place in
this world the interest which they have in practicing it”.
2. JOSE CASANOVA
“Historically religion has always been at the very center of all great political conflict and
movement of social reform… but also on both sides of the political barricades.
3. NAHDLATUL ULAMA
A traditionalist Sunni (largest denomination) Islam movement in Indonesia.
Has Islamic school (pesantren) where students are taught not only about Islam but also about
modern science, social science, modern banking, civic education, rights of women, pluralism and
democracy
4. AYATOLLAH RUHOLLA KHOMEINI
Late Iranian religious leader
“there is no fundamental distinction among constitutional despotic, dictatorial, democratic and
communistic regime”
All secular ideologies were the same they were flawed and Islamic rule was the superior form of
government because it was spiritual
Globalization and Religion
Globalization Is the networking and expansion of once local products, beliefs, and practices into
universal products, beliefs and practices often through technology.
Religion Is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and world views that establishes
symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and to moral values.
The most known religions across the world are
•Christianity- Its deity is Jesus, 2.2 billion adherents, Holy Bible
•Islam- The God is Allah, Quran, 1.57 milliard adherents
•Hinduism- 811 million, Many Gods
•Buddhism- 380 million adherents, Buddha,
Religion has entered the "information age" and has globalized at accelerating rates, in the
methods religions use for teaching and in belief systems.
Tools of uniting people all over the world on religious basis
Books
Movies
Cell phone apps
Social networks
Charity funds
Special internet sites
Religious schoolsReligion epitomizes the definition of globalization due to the fact that it can be
spread more efficiently than ever before through the use of different technological tools
Twitter
Face book
YouTube
Instagram
It is now possible to spread beyond national borders, allowing even small new religious
movements to engage in overseas activities and leading to new unseen religious developments.
Small religious movements are also spreading thanks to the celebrities following and advertising
them.
Tom cruise technology
Kabellah with Madonna
Britney Sprears
Demi Moore
Claudia Schiffer and others.
RELIGION AND GLOBALIZATION
Religion
Religion is concerned with the sacred.
Religion follows divine commandments
Religion assumes that there is "the possibility of communication between humans and the
transcendent" and defines and judges human action in moral terms (good vs. bad)
Religious people are less concerned with wealth and all that comes along with it. A religious
person's main duty is to live a virtuous, sin-less life such that Religious people are less concerned
with wealth and all that comes along with it. A religious person's main duty is to live a virtuous,
sin-less life such that when he/she dies he/she is assured with the place in the other world. (E.g.
heaven)
The Religious aspire to be a saint
The religious detest the politics and the quest for power for they are evidence of humanity's
weakness.
Globalization
Globalism places value on material wealth.
Globalism abide with human-made laws
Globalism's yardstick is how much of human action can lead to the highest material satisfaction
and subsequent wisdom that this new status produces.
Globalist on the other hand, is less worried about whether they will end up in heaven or hell.
Their skills are more pedestrian as they aim to seal trade deals, raise the profit of private
enterprises, improve government revenue collection, protect the elite from being excessively
taxed by the state and naturally enrich themselves. If he/she has a strong conscience, the globalist
sees his/her work as contributing to the general progress of the community, the nation and the
global economic system.
The Religious aspire to be a saint
The globalist trains to be a shrewd business person.
The globalist values them as both means and ends to open up further economies of the world.
Finally, Religion and Globalism clash over the fact that religious evangelization is in itself a
form of globalization. The religious is concerned with spreading holy ideas globally, while
the globalist wishes to spread goods and services.
Religions regard identities associated with globalism (Citizenship, language, and race) as inferior
and narrow because they are earthly categories. In contrast, membership to a religious group,
organization, or cult represents a superior affiliation that connects human directly to the divine
and the supernatural
Being a Christian, a Muslim, or a Buddhist places one on a higher plane that just being Filipino,
a Spanish speaker, or Anglo-Saxon
These philosophical differences explain why certain groups “flee” their communities and create
impenetrable sanctuaries where they can practice their religions without the meddling and
control of state authorities, (Dalai lama in Tibet, Buddhist in monasteries Rizalistas in Mount
Banahaw, etc.)
Communities justify their opposition to government authority on religious grounds
Religious fervor in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism
Religions are the foundations of modern republics.
Malaysia
Iran
Indonesia
Religions as a result of a shift in state of policy
Church of England
Philippines Independent church
Four Categories of Religion
Simple supernaturalism - the belief that supernatural forces affect people lives positively or
negatively,
Animism - the belief that plants, animals, and elements of natural world are endowed with
spirit's that impact events in society
Theism - belief in a God or Gods,
Transcendent idealism - belief in scared principle of through and conduct, such as truth justice,
life and tolerance to others,
Types of religious organization
Ecclesia
-Encompasses all members of a society
-people are primarily born into the ecclesia, do not convert Influential in government affairs
Church/Denomination
-stable, institutional organization well educated clergy elaborate rituals and beliefs
-tolerate of religious pluralism and the secular world
Sect
-Less organized than denomination Charismatic, less educated ministers
-Growth by recruiting rather than being born into church
-Higher levels of devotion reject worldliness and impure denominations
-tend to draw recruits from the lower classes
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
-Religion serves as a reference group to help people define themselves
-People are socialized into certain roles through group expectations
-People attach sacred meaning to symbols.
Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism
Max Weber Studied the attitudes of Protestants and Catholics in Western Europe towards work
and this life in late 19th Century
He discovered the protestants, particularly Calvinists, developed a rational worldview of hard
work and thrift that propelled their economic activities
Protestants Ethic spread to America, to non-Calvinists
In General we define religion as a system of belief and practices that creates both cultural and
religious differences and gives the strength to respect and tolerate other religions in the age of
globalization.
The word religion comes from Latin “religare” which means to bind together again that
which was once bound but has since been torn apart or broken.”
On the other hand, globalization creates new door to strength religion such as enhancing
beliefs and values, teaching equality for everyone, showing kindness etc.
While it creates obstacles and challenges as it breaks traditional values while weakening
their own religious values, reinforces specific identities, creates a circle of conflict and
competition among various religion etc. So, we can see that, relationship between globalization
and religion is a complex issue, one with new possibilities and furthering challenges.
Religion Much more than culture has the most difficult relationship with globalism.
Religion and globalism are entirely contrasting belief systems.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION ANDGLOBALIZATION IS MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED
-The Malaysian government places religion at the center of the political system.
- it’s constitution explicitly states that "Islam is the religion of the federation", and the rulers of
each state was also "The head of religion of Islam"
PETER BERGER
-He argues that far from being secularized the contemporary world is furiously religious.
-There are veritable explosions of religious fervor, occurring in one form of another in all the
major religious traditions(Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism).
-Religions is the foundation of modern republics
ISOLATION JUSTIFICATION
-The followers of the Dalai Lama established Tibet to create impenetrable sanctuaries where they
can
practice their religion without the meddling and control of the state authorities.
-Buddhist monasteries located away for civilizations that hermits can devote themselves to
prayer and
contemplation.
-Rizalistas of Mount Banahaw and the Mormons of Utah.
GLOBALIST
-Trains to be a shrewd business person.
-Values politics and the quest for power as both means and ends to open up further weakness the
economies of the world
-Focused on the realm of market.
-Wishes to spread goods and services.
RELIGION
- concerned with the sacred
- follows divine commandments
- assume that there is the positivity of communication between humans and the transcendent
GLOBALISM
-Places value on material wealth
- Abides by human made laws
-Yardstick is how much of humans actions can lead to the highest material satisfaction
Globalization and religion one with possibilities:
With globalization religion becomes a culture of pluralism that teach us to respect of other
religions.
As globalization brings economic marginalization, many various religious organizations play an
important social role such as- Catholic Relief Services, World Vision International, and Islamic
Relief Worldwide etc. serve many disadvantage areas such as- poverty relief, health care, the
HIV/AIDs crisis, and environment problems etc. that draws massive followers while
strengthening religious values and ideas.
Globalization also brings global political forums that try to diminish cultural, ethnic, ideological
and religious differences such as- while discussing issues such as international peace and
security, health, poverty, environment etc., the UN, WHO, EU, AU, OIC etc. organization also
shares basic commitments of religious tradition such as peace, human dignity and equality,
religious freedom, conflict resolution etc.
Globalization opens a new door for religion that enhances cooperation, tolerance and brings new
opportunities and possibilities.
Religious fundamental may dislike globalization’s materialism, but it continues to use “the full
range of modern means of communication and organization” that is associated with this
economic transformation.
While religious may benefits from the processes of globalization, this that does not mean that its
tensions with globalist ideology will subside.
Religion for and Against Globalization
What Catholics call “preferential option for the poor” is a powerful message of mobilization but
looks substance when it comes to working out a replacement system that can change the poor
condition in concrete ways.
The traditionalism of fundamentalist political Islam is no alternative either. The terrorism of ISIS
is unlikely to create a “Caliphate” government by justice and stability.
In Iran, the unchallenged superiority of a religious autocracy has stifled all freedom of
expressions, distorted democratic rituals like elections and tainted the opposition.
Religious fundamentalism has tapped “fast long-distance transport and communication, the
availability of English as a global vernacular of unparalleled power, the know-how of modern
management and marketing”, which unable the spread of “almost promiscuous propagation of
religious forms across the globe in all sorts of directions”.
These fundamentalist organization are the result of the spread of globalization and both find
ways to benefit or take advantage of each other.
Religion is not the “regressive force” that steps or slows down globalization; it is a “pro-active
force” that gives communities a new and powerful basis of identity.
Religion is an instrument with which religious people can put their mark in the reshaping of this
globalizing world.
Religious fundamentalism may dislike globalizations materialism, but it continues to use “the
full range of modern means of communication and organization” that is associated with
economic transformation.
CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM or the so-called “old world religions” see globalization less as an
obstacle and more as an opportunity to expand their reach all over the world.
Globalization has “freed” communities from the constraints of the nation-state but in the process
also threatened to destroy the cultural system that bind them together.
Religion seeks to take the place of these broken ties to either help communities cope with their
new situation or organize them to oppose this major transformation of their lives.
Globalization Is the networking and expansion of once local products, beliefs, and practices
into universal products, beliefs and practices often through technology.
Religion Is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and world views that establishes
symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and to moral values.
The most known religions across the world are
•Christianity Its deity is Jesus 2.2 billion adherents Holy Bible
•Islam The God is Allah Quran 1.57 milliard adherents
•Hinduism 811 million Many Gods
•Buddhism 380 million adherents Buddha Religion has entered the "information age" and has
globalized at accelerating rates, in the methods religions use for teaching and in belief systems.
Tools of uniting people all over the world on religious basis
•Books
•Movies
•Cell phone apps
•Social networks
•Charity funds
•Special internet sites
•Religious schools
Religion epitomizes the definition of globalization due to the fact that it can be spread more
efficiently than ever before through the use of different technological tools
Twitter
Face book
YouTube
Instagram
It is now possible to spread beyond national borders, allowing even small new religious
movements to engage in overseas activities and leading to new unseen religious developments.
Small religious movements are also spreading thanks to the celebrities following and advertising
them.
Tom cruise technology
Kabellah with Madonna
Britney Sprears
Demi Moore
Claudia Schiffer and others.
RELIGION AND GLOBALIZATION
Religion
Globalization
Finally, Religion and Globalism clash over the fact that religious evangelization is in itself a
form of globalization. The religious is concerned with spreading holy ideas globally, while
the globalist wishes to spread goods and services.
Religions regard identities associated with globalism (Citizenship, language, and race) as inferior
and narrow because they are earthly categories. In contrast, membership to a religious group,
organization, or cult represents a superior affiliation that connects human directly to the divine
and the supernatural
Being a Christian, a Muslim, or a Buddhist places one on a higher plane that just being Filipino,
a Spanish speaker, or Anglo-Saxon
These philosophical differences explain why certain groups “flee” their communities and create
impenetrable sanctuaries where they can practice their religions without the meddling and
control of state authorities, (Dalai lama in Tibet, Buddhist in monasteries Rizalistas in Mount
Banahaw, etc.)
Malaysia
Iran
Indonesia
Church of England
Philippines Independent church
EASY
1. Demo means ______
Answer: People or the population
2. Graphy means
Answer: Measurement of the picture
3.People moving away from their home country.
Answer: Emigration
4. Are groups of countries located in the same geographical area.
(REGIONS)
5. A process of dividing an area into smaller segments called regions.
(REGIONALIZATION)
Average
1. It is the scientific study of human population in which includes study of changes in population
size, composition and its distribution
Answer: Demography
2. People moving in to another country
Answer: Immigration
3. . He said, “Not only do the American practice their religion out of self-interest but they
often even place in this world the interest which they have in practicing it”.
(ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE)
4-5 Give at least two of Tools of uniting people all over the world on religious basis.
(BOOKS, MOVIES, CELL PHONE APPS, SOCIAL NETWORKS, CHARITY FUNDS,
SPECIAL
INTERNET SITES, RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS).
HARD
1. According to the ___________, on environment and development, the definition of
sustainable development (SD) is " development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need"
Answer: WORLD COMMISSION
2-4. What are the 3 pillars of sustainable development?
Answer: 1. SOCIAL
2. ENVIRONMENTAL
3. ECONOMY
5. Abides by human made laws.
- GLOBALISM
EASY
1. It allows people to contact each other worldwide and therefore hold forums and debates that
allow religious ideas to spread. (INTERNET)
2. It is aprocess that produce change inside a group or system. (DYNAMICS)
3. It is everything that we create and share as part of our lives in the place where we live or work.
(LOCAL CULTURE)
4. It is the main means of mass communication. (MEDIA)
5. Specific extent of land or space. (AREA)
AVERAGE
1. What are the three (3) perspective on global cultural flow
(Cultural differentialism, Cultural hybridization and Cultural Convergence)
2. The way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs of a particular group of people at a
particular time. (CULTURE)
3. It contributed considerably to the emergence, revivalism and fortification of religion.
(MODERN TRANSPORTATION)
4. It is not the regressive force that steps or slows down globalization. (RELIGION)
5. It is the worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas.
(MEDIA GLOBALIZATION)
DIFFICULT
1. FILL IN THE BLANKS: Globalization is also associated with _________ & __________
(Westernization and Americanization)
2. Emphasizes the integration of local and global cultures. Globalization is considered to be a
creative process which creates hybrid entities that are not either global or local. (CULTURAL
HYDRIDIZATION)
3. He is the late Iranian religious leader. (AYATOLLAH RUHOLLA KHOMEIN)
4. It encompasses all members of a society. (ECCLESIA)
5. It is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid.
(DESERTIFICATION)
Easy
Demo
Graphy
3. It is the scientific study of human population in which includes study of changes in population
size, composition and its distribution.
Demography
Immigration
Emigration
AVERAGE
IMF
1882 - 1936
World-systems
Global governance
HARD
1. It aims to protect human rights and provide humanitarian assistance when needed.
United Nation
2. It plays a significant role in the process of standard setting in the codification of international
law.
UN General Assembly