OPENING PRAYER

TRANSFORMING THE
WORLD WITH VINCENT DE
PAUL
ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

THEOLOGY IV
TOPIC 1:
CHURCH RESPONSE TO
THE CHALLENGES
OF GLOBALIZATION: IN
THE SPIRIT OF
SOLIDARITY
WEEK 2
OBJECTIVES:

 Understand significant concerns brought by globalization to one’s

lives and the church response to such social concerns.
 Critically examine the phenomenon of globalization and its
impact on one’s life situation.
 Appreciate/value the Church social principles on human dignity
and rights; workers’ rights and duties and propose an effective and
sustained response to the challenges of globalization in the light of
Adamsonian core value of solidarity.
 LET US SEE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0nFD19eT8

Look around, observe, notice everything that surrounds you. Take down notes
the observation you have using the guide questions.
Guide Questions:

 What do you think is/are the both positive and negative effects of
globalization in ones’ life as a whole?
 Why do you think there is a need to be globalized?
 How do you see the effect of globalization in your everyday life? Do you
find your everyday happy, exciting, boring, uninteresting, etc.? Why
Understanding Globalization
Globalization as a new term began to use more commonly in the
1990’s when it began appearing frequently in an academic literatures.

 “Multidimensional set of social processes that create, multiply,

stretch, and intensify worldwide social interdependencies and
exchanges while at the same time fostering in people a growing
awareness of deepening connections between the local and the
distant.” (Manfred B. Steger)
 Other scholars defined it as, “it refers to the increasing integration
of economies around the world—through the movement of goods,
services, and capital across borders.”
 Globalization therefore would mean a social process that includes
the multiple ongoing interdependent actions or operations—
related to human society, its members, organizational patterns 1
and relationship.
Benefits of Globalization
On the positive side, many argued that:

 Globalization as new development will give rise to the new

industries and more jobs to the developing countries.
 In terms of educational system, many recognized and appreciated
what they call as the new class of people who well-educated,
professionally well trained in a particular field of profession that
help developed the kind of global culture.
 The growth of what we call pop culture that tend to get most
attention of the people in all level and in different forms.
 The possible opportunity and a way to enrich the world culturally
through promoting tolerance of diversity brought by global cultural
exchange.
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Defeats of Globalization
 Globalization will give birth to intense competition on leading the
people to shell out extra money for a product available to a
lower price of goods and services.
 With regard to the labor forces, the possibility of many from the
developing countries may lose their jobs and those who are
working in poorer country maybe paid less while working in poor
conditions.
 It will lead to so much concern on the issue on rising of health risk,
threats and challenges—epidemic, HIV/AIDS and other viruses
from other countries.
 The possibility of losing the culture due to moving in and out of
their origin country.
 It has also affect environment brought about by industrial
revolution that has change the economic outlook around the 3
world.
Summary

 In these sense, globalization continues to run around our

midst, affecting our daily life in many ways, perhaps without
our conscious knowledge. It is happening because human
beings make it happen, deliberately or by chance. This
means that globalization is shaped by human choice and
action, and it is up to human beings to use globalization for
the good or for bad things.
 Globalization through its “human agencies” can be
therefore, perceived, analyzed and judged upon. As
Christians, particularly for the Catholics one way to evaluate
globalization is through the Catholic Social Teaching.
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