RELIGION AND

GLOBALIZATION
 RELIGION
◈ Rebecca Stein (stein 2011) works on the definition of religion “as a set of
cultural beliefs and practices that usually includes some or all of basic
characteristic are:
1. A belief in anthropomorphic supernatural being, such as spirit and gods
2. A focus on the sacred supernatural, where sacred refers to a feeling of
reverence.
3. The presence of supernatural power or energy that is found on supernatural
beings as well as physical being and objects
4. The performance of rituals activities that involves the manipulation of sacred
object to communicate to supernatural being and/ or to influence or control
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GLOBALISM

◈ Is a widespread belief among powerful

people that the global integration of
economic markets is beneficial for everyone.

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 RELIGION AND GLOBALISM
RELIGION
◈ concerned with the sacred
◈ follows divine
commandments
◈ Aspire to become a saint.
◈ Detest politics
◈ Concerned with spreading
holy ideas globally.
GLOBALISM
◈ places value on material wealth
◈ Abides by human-made laws
◈ Trains to be a shrewd business
person.
◈ Values politics
◈ Wishes to spread goods and
services.
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PETER BERGER
◈ Argues that we are far from being secularized or cannot
dissociate or separate religious or spiritual concerns in our world
also the contemporary world is furiously religious.
◈ There are veritable explosions of religious fervor,
occurring in one form or another in all the major religious
traditions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism,
Buddhism, Confucianism)
◈ Religions is the foundation of modern republics
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FOR EXAMPLE
◈ 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”
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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.
◈ CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM or the so-called “old world
religions” see globalization less as an obstacle and more
as an opportunity to expand their reach all over the world.
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INFORMATION AGE
◈ Religion has entered the “ information age”
and has globalized at accelerating rates, in
the methods religions use for teaching and in
belief systems

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 TOOLS OF UNITING PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD ON RELIGIOUS BASIS
◈ Books 
◈ Movies 
◈ Cell phone apps 
◈ Social networks 
◈ Charity funds 
◈ Special internet sites 
◈ Religious schools 9
The possibility of communicating
with anyone across the world and
sharing ideas provoke the spread of
terrorists and expansion of their
band
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Religious fundamentalism is the
approach of those religious groups that
look for the literal interpretation of
original religious texts or books
believing that teachings obtained from
this kind of reading must be used in all
social, economic, and political aspects.
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Religious fundamentalism may dislike
globalization, but it continues to use “the full
range of modern means of communication
and organization” that is associated with
globalization.

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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.”
These fundamentalist organization are the result of the
spread of globalization and both find ways to benefit or
take advantage of each other.
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Religion epitomizes the definition of
globalization due to the fact that it can
be spread more efficiently than ever
before through the use of different
technological tools
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Globalization has a great impact on religion. As
people and cultures move across the globe, as ideas
are mobilized and transported by media technology,
the religious globalization will go on and on. 
It has its pro and cons. People should cope with the
flow of info and choose their own and peaceful way.
 And to our mind.

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