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• THE ESSENCE OF ALL RELIGION IS ONE. ONLY THEIR APPROACHES ARE DIFFERENT.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND
GLOBALIZATION
• RELIGION IS A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS AND PRACTICES WHILE GLOBALIZATION REFERS TO THE EXPANSION
AND INTENSIFICATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS ACROSS WORLD-TIME AND ACROSS
WORLD-SPACE (STEGER). RELIGION AND GLOBALIZATION PERSISTENTLY ENGAGE TO ONE ANOTHER IN
ORDER TO FLOURISH AND THRIVE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEING AFFECTED BY THE OTHER.
• GLOBALIZATION SERVES AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR SOCIETIES TO FREE FROM THE CONSTRAINTS OF THEIR
NATION-STATES BUT IN RETURN DESTROYS THEIR CULTURE, ON THE OTHER HAND RELIGION AIMED TO
ARRANGE AND DEVELOP THE BROKEN CULTURE OF SOCIETIES BY GIVING ANSWERS ON SOCIAL CONFLICT
TO ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES TO EVEN PERSONAL HAPPINESS.
• AS OF TODAY, GLOBALIZATION IS BEING MEASURED BY MATERIAL MEANS WHILE
RELIGION IS ON IMMATERIAL MEANS OF LIVING. BUT DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENCES,
RELIGION USES GLOBALIZATION TO EXTEND RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS FROM CORNERS OF
THE WORLD WITH THE HELP OF TELEVISION CHANNELS, RADIO BROADCASTING AND
EVEN IN THE FACEBOOK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA. HOWEVER, GLOBALIZATION ALSO
BRING TENSIONS TO RELIGION AS OTHERS VIEW GLOBALIZATION AS “THROW-AWAY
CULTURE AND SUFFOCATE HOPE AND INCREASE THREATS AND RISK.”
• HENCE, WE ARE TASK TO ANALYZE HOW GLOBALIZATION AFFECTS RELIGION AS WELL AS
THE RESPONSES OF RELIGION TO GLOBALIZATION AND; WHAT WOULD BE THE FUTURE OF
RELIGION IN THE GLOBALIZE WORLD.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND
GLOBALIZATION
• THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND GLOBALIZATION IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. ACCORDING
TO PETER BERGER, THE “CONTEMPORARY WORLD IS…FURIOUSLY RELIGIOUS.
• IN MOST OF THE WORLD, THERE ARE VERITABLE EXPLOSIONS OF RELIGIOUS FERVOR, OCCURRING IN ONE
FORM OF ANOTHER IN ALL THE MAJOR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. THE MOST KNOWN RELIGIONS ACROSS
THE WORLD ARE: CHRISTIANITY WITH 2.2 BILLION FOLLOWERS; ISLAM WITH 1.57 MILLIARD FOLLOWERS;
HINDUISM WITH 811 MILLION ADHERENTS; BUDDHISM WITH 380 MILLION ADHERENTS; AND OTHERS.
• RELIGION HAS ENTERED THE “INFORMATION AGE” WHERE IT BECAME GLOBALIZED IN ACCELERATING ITS
METHODS AND PROCESSES IN DISSEMINATING TEACHING AND BELIEF SYSTEM. THE CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HAS HELP RELIGION TO ENTER GLOBALIZATION. IN
REALITY, RELIGION NOWADAYS, SERVES AS FOUNDATIONS OF MANY SOCIETIES BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER, ON OTHER WAYS, RELIGION BECOMES FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN GOVERNMENT, OTHER’S
USED RELIGION TO BECOME AGGRESSIVE IN POWER AND POPULARITY.
• THERE ARE A LOT OF TOOLS WHICH ARE BEING USED IN UNITING HUMANS ALL OVER THE WORLD ON
RELIGIOUS BASIS THESE ARE BOOKS, MOVIES, CELL PHONE APPS, SOCIAL NETWORKS , CHARITY FUNDS,
SPECIAL INTERNET SITES, AND RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. THROUGH THE USE OF THE DIFFERENT
TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS, RELIGION EPITOMIZES THE DEFINITION OF GLOBALIZATION DUE TO THE FACT
THAT IT CAN BE SPREAD MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN EVER BEFORE.
• MORE LIKELY, TWO OF THE WORLD OLD RELIGIONS- CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM USED GLOBALIZATION AS A
MEANS OF EXPANDING, WHEREBY IT SERVE AS A GREAT FORCE TO REACH MORE COMMUNITIES AND HELP
MANY PEOPLE TO SAVE THEIR SOULS. UNFORTUNATELY, GLOBALIZATION COMES WITH MATERIALISM
WHICH IS A TABOO FOR THE OBJECTIVES OF RELIGIOUS LIFE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE MATERIALISM GOES WITH
THE ACQUISITION OF COMMUNICATION MEANS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT FOR FURTHER DISSEMINATION.
THE RISE OF ISIS OR ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND SYRIA AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE BORN-AGAIN
CHRISTIANS INDICATES THEIR DEFENSE AGAINST THE GLOBALIZATIONS MATERIALISM.
• THESE ACTIONS OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS SHOWS THAT GLOBALIZATION CAN BE A SORT OF EXPANDING
RELIGION OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ONE ANOTHER.
• THE IDEA OF BRINGING THE NATIONS CLOSE TOGETHER THROUGH GLOBALIZATION ALSO PROVIDES
TENSIONS TO SOME RELIGIONS LIKE THE ISLAM.
• DESPITE THE BLESSINGS BROUGHT ABOUT BY GLOBALIZATION LIKE ECONOMIC PROGRESS,
COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENT AND RELIGIOUS DISSEMINATION, IT ALSO MANIFESTED THE CURSE IT
BRINGS.
• TODAY, IT SEES GLOBALIZATION AS THE ROOT CAUSE OF INJUSTICES AND VIOLENCE WITHIN THE SOCIETY
LIKE: (1) A FAST-EXPANDING GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR, (2) THE PUBLIC MAKING THIS GAP WIDELY
EVIDENT, (3) A DISTURBINGLY FAST RATE OF CULTURAL INTERPENETRATIONS, (4) WORLDWIDE
AVAILABILITY OF MODERN WEAPONS, (5) LACK OF EFFECTIVE LAWS TO CONTROL RUTHLESS
INTERNATIONAL CONCOMITANTS OF MASS PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION, AND (6) FEAR OF MACRO-
ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHES DUE TO EXCESSIVE INCREASES IN POPULATION AND IN PER-CAPITA
CONSUMPTION AND WASTE.
• HENCE, IT CANT BE DENIED THAT TERRORISM REASONS OF PROVOKING IS DUE TO GLOBALIZATION EFFECT
ON CULTURE, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL LIFE OF MANY COUNTRIES .
SUMMARY
• TRULY, THAT MEDIA PAVED THE WAY FOR THE SPREAD OF GLOBALIZATION IN MANY CULTURES HAVING
DIFFERENT CULTURES AND PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT IS FOUND IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. THE MEDIA AND ITS
FUNCTIONS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTS OUR INTERCONNECTIONS WHICH BECAME PART OF OUR DAILY LIFE
WHICH MAKES US MORE ACTIVE IN PARTICIPATING ISSUES AROUND US THAT IS RELATED TO OUR
SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL PART OF LIFE.
• GLOBALIZATION HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON RELIGION. AS PEOPLE AND CULTURES MOVE ACROSS THE
GLOBE, AS IDEAS ARE MOBILIZED AND TRANSPORTED BY MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, THE RELIGIOUS
GLOBALIZATION WILL GO ON AND ON. IT HAS ITS BLESSINGS AND CURSES. PEOPLE SHOULD SURVIVE
WITH THE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND CHOOSE THEIR OWN AND PEACEFUL WAY.
• RELIGION BECAME THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR LIFE AND IT SERVES AS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON HOW
TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD. THE RISE OF GLOBALIZATION BROUGHT ABOUT CHANGES IN OUR BELIEFS OR
EVEN THE WAY WE TREAT IT. IT AFFECTS OUR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LIFE BUT LET
US BE RESPONSIBLE IN ACCEPTING GLOBALIZATION RIGHTLY. LET’S NOT USED GLOBALIZATION AS
REASONS TO FORGET OUR MORAL AND ETHICAL LIFE THOUGHT TO US BY RELIGION. HENCE LET’S USED
RELIGION TO PROSPER THRU GLOBALIZATION NOT A REASON TO REJECT THE PROLIFERATION OF FAITH
WORLDWIDE.