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GLOBALIZATI
ON OF
RELIGION
IS RELIGION AFFECTED BY
GLOBALIZATION? WHY?
TERMS TO PONDER
RELIGION
REFERS TO A UNIFIED SYSTEM OF BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES RELATIVE TO SACRED THINGS, I.E., THINGS
SET APART AND FORBIDDEN -- BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES WHICH UNITE INTO ONE SINGLE MORAL
COMMUNITY CALLED A CHURCH ALL THOSE WHO
ADHERE TO THEM. (DURKHEIM, E.)
Terms to ponder
RELIGION
REFERS TO A UNIFIED SYSTEM OF BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES RELATIVE TO SACRED THINGS, I.E., THINGS
SET APART AND FORBIDDEN -- BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES WHICH UNITE INTO ONE SINGLE MORAL
COMMUNITY CALLED A CHURCH ALL THOSE WHO
ADHERE TO THEM. (DURKHEIM, E.)
INTRODUCTION
1. EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET
HAS A BELIEF, A RELIGION. THINGS IN COMMON?
sacred wealth
follows divine Abides by human-made
commandments laws
Assumes that there is Yardstick is how much of
“the possibility of humans action can lead to
communication between the highest material
humans and the satisfaction
transcendent”
RELIGION AND GLOBALISM
RELIGIOUS
GLOBALIST
PEOPLE
Aspire to become a saint. Trains to be a shrewd
business person.
Detest politics and the Values politics and the quest
quest for power for they for power as both means
are evidence of humanity’s and ends to open up further
weakness. the economies of the world.
Evangelization is in itself a Focused on the realm of
form of globalization. market.
Concerned with spreading Wishes to spread goods and
holy ideas globally. 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.
Buddhist monasteries located away for civilization
so that hermits can devote themselves to prayer and
contemplation.
Rizalistas of Mount Banahaw and the Mormons of
Utah.
These groups believe that living among “non-believers” will distract them from their
mission or tempt them to abandon their faith and become sinners like everyone else
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND
GLOBALIZATION IS MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED
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).
It remains the case until today with the power of the Christian Right
has on the Republic Party.
RELIGION FOR AND AGAINTS
GLOBALIZATION