FELIX, EDNALYN L.

BS CRIMINOLOGY
1-B
Module 4
Activity 3

LEARNING ACTIVITY

 THE ROLES OF RELIGION IN GLOBALIZED WORLD IS RELIGION SERVES

SEVERAL FUNCTIONS FOR SOCIETY. THESE INCLUDE GIVING MEANING AND
PURPOSE TO LIFE, REINFORCING SOCIAL UNITY AND STABILITY, SERVING AS
AN AGENT OF SOCIAL CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR, PROMOTING PHYSICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING, CHANGE MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO WORK FOR
POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE.
 THEY ARE THE CONCERNS OF ALL NATIONS, ALL RELIGIONS AND ALL
INSTITUTIONS OF HUMANKIND. SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND
RELIGIONS SHOULD STAND TOGETHER IN ELIMINATING THESE THREATS
AND BUILDING A NEW HUMANITY. WE SHOULD NOTE THAT ALL RELIGIONS
WERE GLOBAL AND TRANSNATIONAL; THEY COULD ORGANIZE PEOPLE
BEYOND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES. 
 ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT GLOBALIZATION DOES NOT GO
UNOPPOSED. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND OTHER RELIGIOUS AND
SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOBILIZING PEOPLE AGAINST ITS
UNHEALTHY INFLUENCES. 
 THEY CAN BRING ANY NATION TO ITS KNEES IF IT FAILS TO FOLLOW
THEIR NORMS. NO COMMUNITY ON EARTH CAN ENJOY SECURITY,
PROSPERITY AND SATISFACTION WITHOUT THEIR BLESSINGS.
 IT HAS IMMENSE EFFECTS ON THE CULTURE AND VALUES OF LIFE IN
EACH PLACE. IT IS IN THE REALM OF CULTURE THAT GLOBALIZATION IS
MOST VISIBLE AND APPARENT.
 GLOBALIZATION BRINGS TO THE LIGHT THE FACT THAT SINCE RELIGIONS
HAVE SIMILAR VALUES, NOT ONE OF THEM IS “CORRECT” AND, THEREFORE,
CAN BE CHANGED.

- GLOBALIZATION REFERS TO THE HISTORICAL PROCESS BY WHICH ALL

THE WORLD'S PEOPLE INCREASINGLY COME TO LIVE IN A SINGLE SOCIAL
UNIT. IT IMPLICATES RELIGION AND RELIGIONS IN SEVERAL WAYS. ...
AMONG THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IMPLICATION FOR RELIGION HAVE
BEEN THAT GLOBALIZATION ENCOURAGES RELIGIOUS PLURALISM.
2. IS THERE A UNIVERSAL RELIGION?

 EACH ONE HAS HIS OWN BELIEF AND WILL STICK TO HIS / HER OWN BELIEF
THOUGH HE / SHE RESPECTS THE BELIEFS OF OTHERS, HE / SHE MIGHT NOT
BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE SAME. SO AS RELIGION IS A BELIEF OF PEOPLE,
IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE A UNIVERSAL RELIGION. UNIVERSAL
RELIGIONSTHESE RELIGIONS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ONE PARTICULAR
COUNTRY OR NATION. MOST OF THESE ARE MISSIONARY RELIGIONS THAT
ACTIVELY SEEK CONVERTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM
AND BUDDHISM ARE THE PRIME EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE OF RELIGION.
EMPHASIZES THAT RELIGION IS A UNIVERSAL HUMAN QUALITY, AND ALSO
FOCUSES ON THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF MOST RELIGIONS. IT ACCEPTS
ALL RELIGIONS IN AN INCLUSIVE MANNER, THIS APPROACH TO RELIGION
BEING CALLED RELIGIOUS PLURALISM. UNIVERSAL RELIGIONSTHESE
RELIGIONS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ONE PARTICULAR COUNTRY OR
NATION. MOST OF THESE ARE MISSIONARY RELIGIONS THAT ACTIVELY SEEK
CONVERTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND BUDDHISM
ARE THE PRIME EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE OF RELIGION.

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