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What is?
GLOBALIZATION
the process by which businesses or other organizations
develop international influence or start operating on an
international scale.
1. Way in which globalization flattens out
cultural differences, erodes local
customs and beliefs, and spreads a
secular, capitalist way of life that is at
odds with religions of all sorts
Worldly, temporal
God judges human actions in moral Human action can lead to highest
term material satisfaction
It detest politics and quest for power Globalists values them as means and
ends to open further the economies
of the world
Religion and
Globalism clash
over the fact that
religious
BUT… evangelization in
itself is a form of
globalization
Rising religious fundamentalism as people feel
culturally threatened by an influx of ‘strange’
cultural factors resulting from the increasingly
multicultural societies triggered by globalization.
Ayatollah Khomeini ( Iran) Islamic rule was the superior for of government because
it was spiritual. ( He led the Iranian revolution that turned
the country into a theocracy.
Spaniards Colonized the Philippines for than 300 years
The rise of
RELIGION FOR AND AGAINST
GLOBALIZATION
TWO RELIGIONS THAT SEE CHRISTIANITY
GLOBALIZATION NOT AN
OBSTACLE BUT AS OPPORTUNITY
TO EXPAND AND REACH THE
WORLD
ISLAM
These fundamentalist
organizations are the
result of the spread of
globalization and both
find ways to BENEFIT or
TAKE advantage of each
other
WORLD CATHOLIC ISLAM LUTHERAN
COUNCIL OF CHURCH WORLD
CHURCHES FEDERATION
( Protestants)
“we as churches Throw away Hiding like a Members use to
are accountable culture that is Trojan horse guide their
to the victims of fatally destined supporting opposition, as a
the project of the to suffocate hope liberalism and result of
economic and increase risk western values to globalization our
globalization by and threats eventually world is split
becoming the displaced Islam usander by
latters advocates forces we don’t
inside and understand the
outside the contrast between
centers of those who
power” benefit and those
who are harmed
ACTVITY