THE GLOBALIZATION OF
RELIGION
LESSON 6
GOOD DAY STUDENTS!
THIS WEEK’S LESSONS WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND HOW
GLOBALIZATION SPREAD AND AFFECT DIFFERENT ENTITIES. WE WILL
DISCUSS THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE GROWTH OF GLOBALIZATION AT
THE SAME TIME THE EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION IN THE ASPECT OF
RELIGION. WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE ROLE OF MEDIA, BUT WE WILL
HAVE ITS INTRODUCTION WHEN WE GET THERE.
NOW, IN THIS PART OF OUR LESSON WE WILL TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENT UNDERTAKINGS THAT RELIGION HAD TO GO THROUGH SINCE
GLOBALIZATION IS INEVITABLE. HENCE, WE WILL ALSO SEE HOW
RELIGION ADAPTS TO THE WORLD OF GLOBALIZATION.
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Learning Outcomes
1. H o w g l o b a l i z a ti o n a ff e c t s
r e l i g i o u s p r a c ti c e s a n d b e l i e f s
2. I d e n ti f y t h e v a r i o u s r e l i g i o u s
r e s p o n s e s t o g l o b a l i z a ti o n
3. D i s c u s s t h e f u t u r e o f r e l i g i o n
in a globalized world
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Religion
• the belief and worship of a
s u p e r h u m a n c o n t r o l l i n g p o w e r,
especially a personal God or gods.
• m o s t d i ffi c u l t r e l a ti o n s h i p w i t h
globalism
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Globalism
• Widespread belief among powerful
people
• One world, one government
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GLOBALISM/GLOBALIZATION VS. RELIGION
1. RELIGION IS CONCERNED WITH THE SACRED, WHILE GLOBALISM
PLACES VALUE ON MATERIAL WEALTH.
2. RELIGION FOLLOWS DIVINE COMMANDMENTS WHILE
GLOBALISM ABIDES BY HUMAN-MADE LAWS.
3. RELIGION ASSUMES THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE TRANSCENDENT,
WHILE GLOBALISM’S YARDSTICKS IS OF HOW MUCH OF HUMAN
ACTIONS CAN LEAD TO THE HIGHEST MATERIAL SATISFACTION AND
SUBSEQUENT WISDOM THAT THIS NEW STATUS PRODUCES.
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GLOBALISM/GLOBALIZATION VS. RELIGION
4. RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE LESS CONCERNED
WITH THE WEALTH AND ALL THAT COMES
ALONG WITH IT, WHILE GLOBALISTS BELIEVED
THAT THIS IS A FORM OF ASCETICISM
PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY SHUN ANYTHING
MATERIAL FOR COMPLETE SIMPLICITY.
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GLOBALISM/GLOBALIZATION VS. RELIGION
5. RELIGIOUS PERSON’S MAIN DUTY IS TO LIVE A VIRTUOUS
AND SINLESS LIFE WHILE GLOBALISTS ARE LESS WORRIED
WHETHER THEY WILL END UP IN HEAVEN OR IN HELL, SINCE
THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE GENERAL PROGRESS
OF THE COMMUNITY, THE NATION AND THE GLOBAL
ECONOMIC SYSTEM.
6. RELIGIOUS DETEST POLITICS AND THE QUEST FOR POWER
FOR THEY ARE EVIDENCE OF HUMANITY’S WEAKNESS, WHILE
THE GLOBALISTS VALUES THEM AS BOTH MEANS AND ENDS TO
OPEN UP FURTHER ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD.
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GLOBALISM/GLOBALIZATION VS. RELIGION
7. THE RELIGIOUS IS CONCERNED WITH SPREADING
HOLY IDEAS GLOBALLY, WHILE GLOBALISTS WISH TO
SPREAD GOODS AND SERVICES.
8. RELIGIOUS REGARD IDENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
GLOBALISM SUCH AS CITIZENSHIP, LANGUAGE AND
RACE AS INFERIOR AND NARROW, MEMBERSHIP TO
RELIGIOUS GROUP, ORGANIZATION OR CULT REPRESENT
A SUPERIOR AFFILIATION THAT CONNECTS HUMANS
DIRECTLY TO THE DIVINE.
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TITLE
RELIGION GLOBALISM
• Sacred, Divine • Material wealth, Abides by
human-made laws
commandments
• Human action can lead to
• Communication between
the highest material
humans and
satisfaction
transcendence
• Less worried whether they
• Virtuous , sinless will end up in heaven or
hell
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Realities
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Realiti es
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Islam GLOBALIZED
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
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• PETER BERGER
“ C O N T E M P O R A R Y W O R L D I S … F U R I O U S LY R E L I G I O U S ”
R E L I G I O N S A R E T H E F O U N D AT I O N S O F M O D E R N R E P U B L I C S .
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ISLAM
• Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
• “There is no fundamental distinction
among constitutional, despotic,
dictatorial, democratic, and
communistic regimes.”
• Nahdlatul Ulama (pesantren)
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• King Henry VIII (Church of England)
• 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.”
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Religion FOR and
AGAINST
Globalization
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“Profane”
Globalizati on
PROFANE – relating or devoted to which is not sacred
or biblical; secular rather than religious
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Religion FOR Globalizati on
Christianity and Islam see globalization less
as an obstacle and more as an opportunity
to expand their reach all over the world.
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Religion AGAINST Globalizati on
• Some Muslims view globalization as
Trojan Horse hiding supporters of
Western values like secularism, liberalism
or even communism ready to spread
these ideas in their areas to eventually
displace them.
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CONCLUSION
Peter Bayer & Lori Beaman observed,
“Religion, it seems, is see how ‘outside’
looking at globalization as problem or
potential.”
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THANK YOU
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