Can You Answer Me?

Can You Answer Me?

What is the Religion with the most number

of followers/believers?
 Can You Answer Me?

What is the Religion with the most number

of followers/believers?

Christianity
Can You Answer Me?

It is the world’s fastest

growing religion.
Can You Answer Me?

It is the world’s fastest

growing religion.

Islam
 Can You Answer Me?

It is the belief in or worship of more than one

god
 Can You Answer Me?

It is the belief in or worship of more than one

god

Polytheism
Globalization of
Religion
Jason R. Gonzaga
Religion
The word religion
came from the Latin
word “religare”
which means “to tie,
to bind”
Religion
System of socially shared
symbols, beliefs and
rituals that is directed
towards a sacred
supernatural realm and
addresses the ultimate
meaning of existence.
Varieties of Religion
 Varieties of Religion
Christianity
One of the largest religions of the world

God Consists of three persons:

o The father
o The son
o The Holy Spirit

How the Religion was Spread Globally:

The cascade of the religion was because of Paul the apostle. He travelled around
10 thousand miles across the roman empire to spread the teachings of Christianity.
 Varieties of Religion
Islam
An Abrahamic monotheistic religion
centered around the Quran

Believes in all knowing God who,

in Arabic is named Allah.
They believe nothing can happen
without Allah’s permission, but humans have the free will.

How the Religion was Spread Globally:

Spread through the prophet Muhammad- spreading messages he received from
Allah.
 Varieties of Religion
Buddhism
Is an Indian religion or philosophical
tradition based on teachings attributed
to the Buddha.

Buddhists believe that the human life

is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good
behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment, or nirvana.

How the Religion was Spread Globally:

Through networks of overland and maritime routes between India, Southeast
Asia, Central Asia, and China. 
 Varieties of Religion
Hinduism
World’s oldest religion, according to many scholars, with roots and customs
dating back more than 4,000 years.

Believes in:
o Every living thing has a soul.
o Souls are eternal
o Samsara
o Karma

How the Religion was Spread Globally:

Religious and social practices associated with Hinduism spread into Nepal and Sri
Lanka.They also spread into Southeast Asia, carried across the Indian Ocean by
merchants and sailors on ships.
 Varieties of Religion
Judaism
The world's oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4000 years. 

Teaches a life o holiness through:

Performing mitzvot, and
emphasizes the importance of adhering to the bible’s standard of social justice.

How the Religion was Spread Globally:

Jews scattered outside of Palestine after the Babylonian exile (the diaspora).
Many Jews became merchants, and their religion was spread through trade.
Differences of
Religion and
GlobalismDagsaan, Michelle P
 RELIGION GLOBALISM

• Concerned with the • Places value on material wealth

sacred
• Abides by human-made laws
• Follows divine
commandments • Yardstick is how much of
• Assumes that there is “the24% humans action can lead to the
possibility of highest material satisfaction
communication between
humans and the
transcendent”
 RELIGIOUS PEOPLE GLOBALIST

• Aspire to become a saint • Trains to be shrewd

business person
• Detest politics and the
quest for power for they are • Values politics and the
evidence of humanity’s quest for power as both
weakness. means and ends to open
up further the economies
of the world.
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE GLOBALIST

• Evangelization is in itself a • Focused on realm of

form of globalization. market

• Concerned with spreading • Wishes to spread goods

holy ideas globally and services.
Isolation Justification

The followers of the Dalai Lama

established Tibet to create
impenetrable sanctuaries where
they can practice their religion
without the meddling and control
of the state authorities.
Isolation Justification

Buddhist monasteries
located away for civilization
so that hermits can devote
themselves to prayer and
contemplation.
Isolation Justification

Rizalistas of Mount
Banahaw and the
Mormons of Utah
 Relationship Between
Religion and Globalization
Dela Cruz, Hannah Jane
Relationship Between Religion and Globalization

Peter Berger
 Argues that far from being secularized the
contemporary world is furiously religious.
 There are veritable explosions of religious fervor,
occurring in one form of another in all the major
religious traditions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam,
Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism).

Religion is the foundation of modern republics.

Relationship Between Religion and Globalization

 The Malaysian government places religion at the

center of the political system.

 Its constitution explicitly states that “Islam is the

religion of the federation”, and the rulers of each state
was also “The head of religion of Islam”
Relationship Between Religion and Globalization

Ayatollah Ruholla
Khomeini  Former supreme leader of Iran
 “there is no fundamental distinction among
constitutional despotic, dictatorial, democratic
and communistic regime”
 All secular ideologies were the same---they
were flawed--- and Islamic rule was the
superior form of government because it was
spiritual.
Relationship Between Religion and Globalization

Nahdlatul Ulama
 a traditionalist Sunni (largest Islamic organization
in Indonesia)
 Has Islamic school (pesantren) where students are
taught not only about Islam but also about
modern science, social science, modern banking,
civic education, rights of women, pluralism, and
democracy.
Relationship Between Religion and Globalization
Alexis De Tocqueville
 “not only do the Americans practice their religion
out of self-interest but they often even place in this
world the interest which they have in practicing
it.”
 Religion could correct many of the prominent
flaws of democracy such as individualism,
materialism, a lack of stability, and the tendency
to misuse or undervalue liberty.
Relationship Between Religion and Globalization
Jose Casanova

 “historically religion has always been at the

very center of all great political conflicts and
movements of social reform... but also on both
sides of the political barricades
 It remains the case until today with the power
of the Christian Right has on the Republic
Party.
Religion For and
Against
Globalization
Delos Reyes, Stephanie I.
Religion For and Against Globalization

○ CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM or the so-called “old

world religions” see globalization less an obstacle
and more as an opportunity to expand their reach
all over the world.

○ Religion seeks to take the place of these broken

ties to either help the communities cope with
their new situation or organize them to oppose
this major transformation of their lives.
 Religion For and Against Globalization

o Religion is not the “regressive force” that steps or

slows down globalization; it is a “pro-active force”
that gives communities a new and powerful basis of
identity.
 Religion For and Against Globalization
o Religious fundamentalism has tapped “fast long-distance
transport and communication, the availability of English as
a global vernacular of unparalleled power, the know-how
of modern management and marketing”, which enabled
the spread of “almost promiscuous propagation of
religious forms across the globe in all sorts of directions”.
o These fundamentalist organization are the result of the
spread of globalization and both find ways to benefit or
take advantage of each other.
Religion For and Against Globalization

o In Iran, the unchallenged superiority of a

religious autocracy has stifled all freedom of
expressions, distorted democratic rituals like
elections and tainted the oppositions.
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