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GEWORLD Midterm PDF
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GEWORLD:MIDTERM
LESSON 5: Religion and Globalization Conclusion:
Globalization has a great impact on religion. As people and cultures
move across the globe, as ideas are mobilized and transported by
Religion- collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and world views that media technology, the religious globalization will go on and on.
establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and to moral values. It has its pros and cons. People should cope with the flow of information
Globalization- networking and expansion of local products, beliefs, and and choose their own and peaceful way.
practices into universal products, beliefs and practices often through
technology.
LESSON 6:
The most known religions across the world are the following: Unit 2- A World of Ideas: Cultures of Globalization
1. Christianity
Deity:Jesus 2.4 billion followers Culture – refers to the daily practices of people.
Founded: 1st C. A.D.
Founder: Jesus Christ > St. Peter Religion has the most difficult relationship with globalism.
2. Islam Religion Globalism
Abrahamic monotheistic religious group teaching that there is only one concern with the sacred Places value on material
God and that Muhammad is the messenger of God. Follows divine commandment wealth
It is the world's second-largest religion and with over 1.8 billion followers Possibility of a communication Abides by human-made laws
Founder: Muhammad with the transcendent Its “yardstick” is how much of
Birthplace: Saudi Arabia Yahweh, allah, God defines human action can lead to the
Founded: circa 610 A.D. and judges human actions in highest material satisfaction
3. Hinduism moral terms.
many gods > 811 million followers
Indian religion or way of life Religious people – less concern with wealth and all that comes along with it.
No known founder Main duty – live a virtuous, sinless life.
Founded: 2300 BC to 1500 BC Detest politics
4. Buddhism Aspires to be holy
4th largest religion Both are on the process of globalization but with a different agenda.
with over 520 million followers
known as Buddhists The globalist ideal is focused on the realm of markets and it wishes to
Founder: Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha spread goods and services while religion is concern with spreading holy
Founded: 6th Century BCE ideas globally.
Globalists are less worried about whether they will end up in heaven or
Tools of uniting people all over the world on religious basis: hell.
Books
Movies AIMS:
Cell phone apps Seal trade deals
Social networks Raise profits
Charity funds Improve government revenue collection
Special internet sites Protect the elite from government’s excessive tax.
Religious schools
Man > secularization Others would isolate themselves to focus on their beliefs:
It is understood as a shift in the overall frameworks of human condition; Followers of Dalai Lama – Tibet
it makes it possible for people to have a choice between belief and Buddhist monasteries
non-belief in a manner previously unknown. Rizalistas of Mt. Banahaw
Mormons from Utah
Religion > going global. Note: These groups believe that living among with “non-believers” will distract
Migration of faiths across the globe has been a major feature of the them and abandon their faith and thus become sinners.
world throughout the 20th century.
Religious ideas, values, symbols and rites relate to deep issues of 1. The relationship of religion and globalism is much more complicated:
existence. A. Peter Berger argues that far from being secularized, the “contemporary
Thus, it should not be surprising when religion enters the picture in times world is furiously religious.”
of crisis. Religion – foundation of modern republic.