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Globalization of Religion

Globalization has implications for religion in several ways. It encourages religious pluralism as religions identify themselves in relation to one another and become less rooted in particular places due to diasporas and transnational ties. Globalization also provides fertile ground for non-institutionalized religious manifestations and for religion as a political and cultural resource. While religion takes advantage of communication technologies, it also resists some aspects of globalization by acting as a refuge for those opposed to its influence. The relationship between globalization and religion is complex, with new opportunities and ongoing challenges as religious identities assert themselves in response to globalization's hybridizing effects.

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Globalization of Religion

Globalization has implications for religion in several ways. It encourages religious pluralism as religions identify themselves in relation to one another and become less rooted in particular places due to diasporas and transnational ties. Globalization also provides fertile ground for non-institutionalized religious manifestations and for religion as a political and cultural resource. While religion takes advantage of communication technologies, it also resists some aspects of globalization by acting as a refuge for those opposed to its influence. The relationship between globalization and religion is complex, with new opportunities and ongoing challenges as religious identities assert themselves in response to globalization's hybridizing effects.

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Globalization of Religion

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Globalization of Religion

– Globalization refers to the historical process by which all the world's people
increasingly come to live in a single social unit. It implicates religion and religions in
several ways. From religious or theological perspectives, globalization calls forth
religious response and interpretation. Yet religion and religions have also played
important roles in bringing about and characterizing globalization. Among the
consequences of this implication for religion have been that globalization
encourages religious pluralism. Religions identify themselves in relation to one
another, and they become less rooted in particular places because of diasporas and
transnational ties. Globalization further provides fertile ground for a variety of
noninstitutionalized religious manifestations and for the development of religion as
a political and cultural resource.
Globalization

– The term globalization is of quite recent provenance. It first appeared in the business and
sociological literature of the 1980s, but by the end of the century it had become a broadly invoked
expression in both academic and popular discourse around the world. Along the way, it has acquired
a variety of meanings that it is well to understand at the outset. They share the common element
implied in the word: all parts of the world are becoming increasingly tied into a single, globally
extended social unit. Among the variants, however, by far the most widespread sees globalization
primarily in economic terms, referring mostly to more recent developments in the operation of
global markets, capital, and multinational corporations. A related view adds mass media and cultural
components to the economic dimension, stressing the degree to which primarily Western, and
especially American, firms have been spreading their products and way of life to all corners of the
world. Economic globalization therefore focuses on the ways that global capitalism incorporates the
world's regions into a single system. The role of states informs a further perspective, one that
concentrates on global or international political relations, usually with a parallel emphasis on the
hegemonic power of Western countries. Individual states, in this frame of analysis, appear as the
primary actors in a globally extended system of such states.nvm,
Religion
– a system of beliefs and practices. More specifically, the word comes from the Latin
“religare” which means “to bind together again that which was once bound but has
since been torn apart or broken.”
– Hence, in order for a person to maintain a sense of psychological well-being and
avoid existential anxiety, individuals turn to scripture stories and teachings that
provide a vision about how they can be bound to a “meaningful world,” a world that
is quickly changing day-by-day.
– While religion takes advantage of communication and transportation technology, it
is at the same time the source of globalization’s greatest resistance by acting as a
haven for those standing in opposition to its power. On the other hand, because
globalization allows for daily contact, religion enters a circle of conflict in which
religions become “more self-conscious of themselves as being world religions.”
Religion
– Accelerated globalization of recent times has enabled co-religionists across the
planet to have greater direct contact with one another. Global communications,
global organizations, global finance and the like have allowed ideas of the
transworld Umma of Muslims and the universal Christian church to be given
concrete shape as never before.
How does globalization affect
religious beliefs?
– Though religion is strengthened and fortified by globalization, it represents a
challenge to its (globalization's) hybridizing effects. Religion seeks to assert its
identity in the light of globalization. As a result, different religious identities
come to the fore and assert themselves.
What is the role of religion in our
society
The most known religions across
the world are …
1. Christianity
2. Islam
3. Hinduism
4. Judaism
5. Buddhism
Globalization-Religion
relationship
– the relationship between globalization and religion is one with new possibilities and
furthering challenges. On the one hand, while religion takes advantage of
communication and transportation technology, it is at the same time the source of
globalization’s greatest resistance by acting as a haven for those standing in
opposition to its power.[13] On the other hand, because globalization allows for
daily contact, religion enters a circle of conflict in which religions become “more
self-conscious of themselves as being world religions.”[14] This essay argues that
the relationship between religion and globalization is complex, one with new
possibilities and furthering challenges. However, this essay cannot provide a
comprehensive overview of religion and globalization, as the terrain is too vast. Still,
it does provide several examples to illustrate the complex relationship between the
two.
Tools of uniting people all over
the world on religious basis
1. Books
2. Movies
3. Cellphone apps
4. Social Networks
5. Charity Funds
6. Special internet sites
7. Religious schools
– Globalization meaning
– Religion meaning

– How does globalization affect religious beliefs


– What is the role of religion in our society

– The most known religions across the world

– Information age

– The relationship bet globalization and religion


– The relationship of globalization of religion in terms of economies

– The rs of globalization of religion in terms of policies

– The rs of glibalization of religion in terms of technology


– The rs of globalization of religion in terms of culture

– The rs of globalization of religion in terms of geography


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