GROUP 4

RELIGION
RELIGION
AND
AND
GLOBALIZATION
GLOBALIZATION
 AT T HE EN D O F T HI S LES S O N , YO U
LEARNING AR E EX PECT ED T O :
OBJECTIVES: • define the different cultural components;
• discuss how these cultural components
particularly religion shape one's preferences and
practices in life;
• enumerate local religious groups that went global;
• assess the many impacts of religion to
globalization and vice versa;
• explain Christianism, Buddhism, and Islamism as
globalization phenomena.
 • Attitude - the position of the body, as
suggesting some thought, feeling, or
DEFINITION action; state of mind, behavior or
conduct regarding some matter as
OF TERMS: indicating opinion or purpose preaching

• Character - combination of qualities

distinguishing any person or class of
persons

• Personality - distinguishes and

characterizes a person
DEFINITION • Belief - acceptance of something as true
or actual
OF TERMS:
• Culture - came from the Latin word
"cultus" which refers to society or
community
RELIGION

DE F INED:
belief binding the spiritual nature of man to a
supernatural being, as involving a feeling of
dependence and responsibility together with the
feelings and practices which naturally flow from any
system of faith
3 BASIC
ELEMENTS OF
RELIGION
THA T I T U S ES A S A
SOCIAL I N STITUTION
 1.CULTS 2.DENOMINATIONS
A. • a new type of • a well-entrenched
ORGANIZATIONAL religion which religious
STRUCTURE practices and organization in
which a
beliefs differ
substantially from considerable
other major number of
religions. population are
• usually headed by members.
a charismatic • a bureaucracy run
figure with by well-trained
compelling officials
attractiveness and • EX. Baptist;
infectious charm. Presbyterian
Churches
 PHILIPPINES AS A
3. ECCLESIAE DEMOCRATIC
A. • a large,
COUNTRY:

ORGANIZATIONAL bureaucratic
• “The separation of the

STRUCTURE
Church and the State
religious
is inviolable.”
organization that is
• 1. The State shall have
a formal part of the
no official religion.
state and has most
• 2. The state cannot
or all of a state’s
set up a church,
citizens as its
whether or not
members.
supported by public
• the ecclesia is the
funds, nor aid one
national or state
religion, aid all
religion.
religions or prefer
• EX. Islam in Saudi
one religion over
Arabia
another.
A. • 3. Every person is 4. SECT
ORGANIZATIONAL free to profess
• Their manner of
STRUCTURE belief or disbelief
in any religion.
worship is typically
an expressive
• 4. Every minister is
celebration
free to practice his
executed by
calling; and
singing, shouting
• 5. The State cannot
and dancing.
punish a person for
• EX. Jehova’s
entertaining or
Witnesses; Hasidic
professing religious
Judaism
beliefs or disbeliefs.
 1. ANIMISM
B. • the belief that

BELIEF SYSTEM natural objects,  Totemism: A

natural phenomena, system of belief in
and the universe which human are
itself possess souls said to have
apart from their kinship or a
material bodies. mystical
 Shamanism: relationship with a
postulates the spirit-being, such
monogamous as an animal or
communication of plant.
the spirits to the
group’s
representative, the
shaman.
 2. THEISM 3. ETHICALISM
B. • a belief in either

BELIEF SYSTEM one or many gods.

 Monotheism: god
• promotes the
belief that sacred
as the source of all qualities are the
power. Ex. bases of moral
Christianity, Islam, principles
and Judaism • A code of moral
 Polytheism: belief conduct, that if
in many gods. Ex. followed, will make
Confucianism, one worthy of
Mahayana, respect.
Hinduism, • Ex. Shintoism,
Buddhism, and Confucianism, and
Taoism Taoism
C. RITUALS RELIGIOUS
SYMBOLS
RITUALS AND
SYMBOLS • The execution of a
religious prayer for
• Represents the
formulation of the
the purpose of religious condition
communicating which is essentially
with the almighty. geared towards
the divine
existence’
acknowledgement
and recognition.
 CHASUBLE

ALB
STOLE
 JAINISM VESTMENT

BUDDHISM VESTMENT
THEORIZING Religion is best
GLOBALIZATION explained as a
& THE cultural component
CULTURAL since religion is
COMPONENTS undeniably an
expression of the
self.
 Study and analysis of globalization
and religion precedes upon the premise
that "of all things the measure is man, of
the things that are, that they are, and of
the things that are not, that they are not"
(Homo Mensura) or simply as "Man is the
Measure of All Things"
 This anthropocentric approach
recognizes that everything we see
around us, except those who we
consider as the Supreme Being's
creations and will-expressions, are all
product of man's dynamic nature and
creative imagination propelled by his
imagination towards success and self-
fulfillment.
Culture therefore plays a vital role by means of
validation and clarification of that human
expression we call religion.

Contemporary world - study of Politics: state

remains as the locus of globalization and is a key
factor in the study and understanding of this
phenomenon.
STATE IS LIKE A PERSON

A)One essential element of state is sovereignty

while that of a man is his soul
B)state possesses the quality of permanence,
man's intrinsic identity remains the same
C) State guided by principles and policies in
order to achieve goals and objectives, man
also needs the same parameters to negotiate
its way to success
Principle - basic truth or a general law or
doctrine that is used as a basis of reasoning or
a guide to action or behavior.

Policy - course or general plan of action adopted by

the government or party or a person. Also used to
refer to a line of conduct with respect to foreign or
international affairs.
Vertical Future - aspect of well-being geared
towards the realization of its primary goals of
development and progress

Horizontal Future - state's extra curricular activities

that may influence the direction it vertically
traverses
 Our adherence to principles and
policies can be anchored to our
preambolic declaration of imploring the
aid of Almighty God which is very
reflective of our religious affiliations and
expressions.
 Principle is more on the formulation
process, anchored on one's system of
beliefs while policy is its execution.

The principle therefore is the basis of

policy formulation that needs to be
executed.
Globalism, at its core, seeks to describe and
explain nothing more than a world which is
characterized by networks of connections that
span multi-continental distances.

Globalization refers to the increase or decline in the

degree of globalism. It focuses on the forces, the
dynamism or speed of these changes.
GLOBALIZATION
OF
RELIGION
 • Large scale
globalization
apparently began in
the 1820's
• connectivity of the
world economies
and cultures grew
very quickly in the
GLOBALIZATION late 19th and early
OF RELIGION 20th century.
 Globalization 'big bang'
Origin of
importance to 1492:
globalization: o Spain and Portugal sent the first
expeditionary voyages around
o World history's the tip of southern Africa's Cape
modern times of Good Hope and to the
American continent, discovered
Globalization 'big bang' importance to 1492:
* Vasco da Gama makes an end run around Africa in 1948 and seizes monopoly rents away from the monopolistic

o Long before the

Venetian and Arabian spice traders.

by Christopher Columbus.
voyages to the o Vasco da Gama makes an end
New World and run around Africa in 1948 and
European Age of seizes monopoly rents away
Discovery. from the monopolistic Venetian
and Arabian spice traders.
Adam Smith - a Scottish political economist and
philosopher, believed that these were the two
most important event in recorded history.

Man's basic instinct is survival.

 • Religion is • The creation of the state
essentially exemplifies man's
instrumental for constant struggle for
us to become humanity away from
more human bestiality
than animal with
Globalization 'big bang' importance to 1492:
* Vasco da Gama makes an end run around Africa in 1948 and seizes monopoly rents
away from the monopolistic Venetian and Arabian spice traders.

the state as the

avenue for that • State- locus of
process of globalization
humanization by
religion.
1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
 o Jesus Christ founded
CHRISTIANITY Christianity

o By the multitudes of
Christian teachings
around the world,
the catechism
practice around the
globe was being
replicated by
emperors, kings and
missionaries
o St. Paul of Tarsus was among the greatest
contributors and has greatly influenced for the
CHRISTIANITY
development and growth of Catholic Church.

o In the Philippines, it was the missionaries who

directly facilitated the introduction and spread
of faith.

o The Spanish colonization marked the entry of

colonization to our motherland.

o Spanish explorers' goals in their conquest

among others are god, glory and gold.
ISLAM
o Islam is an islamic
word which means
"listen"

o In the context of
religion, the term
refers to "voluntary
submission to Allah"
o Muslims believed that the finality and
CHRISTIANITY of their faith's evaluation
completeness
was made through the Prophet
Muhammad

o Islamic doctrines assert that Muhammad is

God's last messenger and prophet that is
tasked to preach the monotheistic
teachings taught previously by Jesus and
other prophets of God

o Islam was propagated through the sword

o Nonetheless, some historians argue that
CHRISTIANITY
the spread of Islam was a result of man's
natural tendency of making free choices
and that occupants of conquered
territories were never forced nor induced
to convert to the faith.

o When Prophet Muhammad died, Islam

expanded in the truest sense in the early
630 A.D
o Islam's spread was not only through the
usual military
CHRISTIANITY conquest but also through
pilgrimage and missionaries, even trade
and commerce

o In the Philippines, there are approximately

11 million Muslim Filipinos.

o Historians attributed the arrival of Islam to

the islands to Tuan Masha'ika who is an
Arab missionary and religious leader who
stepped on the Jolo Island (currently
called as Sulu island)
BUDDHISM
Siddharta Gautama

o founder and referred

to as the iconic
Buddha, born in
Lumbini in the fifth
century BCE.
 CHRISTIANITY
o The goal of Buddhism is a state of lasting,
unconditional happiness known as
enlightenment.

o "Karma: What goes around, comes around“

o Buddhists embrace the concepts of karma

(the law of cause and effect) and
reincarnation (the continuous cycle of
rebirth)
2. RELIGIOUS RECIPROCATION
o Religious reciprocity being the territorial
emigration of faiths is reflective of the very
essence and purpose of religion itself which is
self-actualization, realization and salvation
among others.

o Religious reciprocity represents humility and

responsibility in the committed effort of
propagating religious teachings across and
beyond our very shores through our very own
local religion going global.
  Felix Manalo's Iglesia ni Kristo
 Elisio Soriano's Dating Daan

o Non-reciprocity could be construed as

arrogance, indolence, or display of passive
disposition
3. SECULARIZATION
Pre- Secularism Period
Secularism vs. Secularization

o refers to the condition o refers to the process

manifested in the of change as in
assertion of the right education, art,
to be free from morality, and
religious teachings or society.
neutrality on matter
of belief from
government
imposition
o Theorizing religion therefore, entails the
presentation of two problematics:

o First, pertains to the study of explicit

category, structure, or framework of
religious proliterations
o Second, pertains to the study of the
impact of the process of globalization
upon religion.
THANK YOU!