A WORLD OF IDEAS

GLOBAL MEDIA CULTURES

THE GLOBALIZATION OF RELIGIONS
 POSITIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON RELGION

• RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
• ENCOURAGES UNDERSTANDING MUTUAL RESPECT
• GREATER ACCESS OF INFORMATION ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICE ON THEIR BELIEFS
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON RELIGION

• SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT GLOBALIZATION HAS DISCOURAGED

MEMBERSHIP TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
• THE ADVANCEMENTS IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES HAS ENABLED RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS TO SPREAD
TERRORIST IDEOLOGIES
 CONCLUSION
• THERE IS A CLEAR CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DIFFUSION OF
RELIGIONS AND GLOBALIZATION .
• THERE ARE MORE AND MORE RELIGIOUSLY DIVERSE COUNTRIES
ESPECIALLY HIGHLY DEVELOPED CITIES. EXAMPLE, LONDON AND
ISTANBUL.
• GLOBALIZATION HAS ENABLED THE FORMING OF NEW RELIGIONS
WHEN THE MAY PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED CULTS OR
DENOMINATIONS.
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