*The Globalization

of Religion
Globalism
Vs.
Religion
*Religion
*Concerned with sacred
*Follows divide commandments
*Assumes that there is possibility
of communication between
humans and the transcendent
*Globalism
*Places value on material
wealth.
*Abides by human-made laws.
*How much of human action can
lead to the highest material
satisfaction and subsequent
wisdom that this new status
produces.
Religious
Person
vs.
Globalist
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* Less concerned with wealth, higher social
status, etc.
* To live a virtuous and sin-less life to be assured
that she/he will go to heaven when he/she
dies
* Aspires to become a saint
* They detests politics and the quest for powers
which is the humanity's weakness
* Evangelization is in itself a form of
globalization
* Concern with spreading holy ideas globally
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* Less worried whether they will end up in heaven or
hell
* Aim to seal trade deals, raise the profits of private
enterprises etc. with their skills
* Trains to be a shrewd businessperson
* Politics and quest for power valued by the globalist as
both means and ends to open up further the economist
of the world
* Largely focused on the realm of markets
* Spread goods and services
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*Led the first revolt against
colonialism in Asia and
Africa, warning that the
outsiders were out to
destroy their people’s gods
and ways of life.
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*Peter Burger argues that far from being secularized,
the "contemporary world is... furiously religious.
*Major Religious Traditions
*Christianity
*Judaism
*Islam
*Hinduism
*Buddhism
*Confucianism
*Religions are the foundations of modern republics.
-The Malaysian government places religion at
the center of the political system.
*The late Iranian religious leader, Ayatollah Ruholla
Khomeini, bragged about the superiority of Islamic
rule over its secular counterparts and pointed out
that "there is no fundamental distinction among
constitutional, despotic, dictatorial, democratic,
and communistic regimes."
*To Khomeini, all secular ideologies were the same-
they were flawed- and Islamic rule was the
superior form of government because it was
spiritual.
*In the United States, religion and law were
fused together to help build this "modern
secular society. "it was observed in the early
1800s by Frech historian and diplomat ALEXIS
de TOCQUEVILLE who wrote, "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
praticing it.
*JOSE CASANOVA confirms this statement by
noting that "historically religion has always
been at the very center of all great political
conflicts and movements of social reform.
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* Christianity
* Islam
"They see globalization less an obstacle
and more as an opportunity to expand their
reach all over the world.

Globalization has "freed" communities

from the "constraints of the nation-state, but in
the process, also threatened to destroy the
cultural system that bind them together.
*Religious fundamentalism may dislike
globalization's materialism, but it continues
to use "the full range of modern means of
communication and organization". that is
associated with this economic
transformation. It has tapped "fast long-
distance transport and communications, 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.
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* An association of different Protestant congregations
* Pope Francis, likewise condemned globalization's "throw-
away culture" that is "fatally destined to suffocate hope
and increase risks and threats."
* The Lutheran World Federation 10th Assembly's 292-page
declaration message included economic and feminist
critiques of globalization, sharing the voices of members
of the Church who were affected by globalization, and
contemplations on the different "pastoral and ethical
reflections" that members could use to guide their
opposition. It warns that as a result of globalization: Our
world is split asunder by forces we often do not
understand, but that result in stark contrasts between
those who benefit and those who are harmed, especially
under forces of globalization
Globalist Institutions (World Bank)

*It support some faith-based anti-poverty

projects in Kenya and Ethiopia
it was evident enough that
institutional advocates of globalization
could be responsive to the "liberationist,
moral critiques of economic globalization"
(including many writings on "social justice")
coming from the religious
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*Peter Bayer and Lori Beaman
Observed, religion, it seems, is
somehow 'outside' looking at
globalization as problem or potential.
*Association of Globalization with
Modernization
A concept of progress that is based
on science, technology, reason, and law.
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* Secularization Theory
thesis that modernization will erode religious
practice is often called secularization theory.
* Samuel Huntington
One of the strongest defenders of globalization,
admits in his book, The Clash of Civilizations, that can be
held together by religious worldviews.
*Max Weber
Observed the correlation between religion and
capitalism as an economic system.

*Calvinism, a branch of Protestantism, believed that

god had already decided who would and would not
be saved. Calvinist therefore, made it their mission
to search for clues as to their fate, and in their
pursuit, they redefined the meaning of profit and
its acquisition. This "inner-worldly asceticism"- as
Weber referred to this Protestant ethic- contributed
to the rise of modern capitalism