Globalization of Religion Flashcards
(38 cards)
Name of the documentary watched?
God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
______________ have debated the scope, nature, extent and parameters of secularization in an effort to unveil the overall patterns and/or trajectories of the modern world.
Social Scientist
____________ is understood as a shift in the overall frameworks of human condition; it makes it possible for people to have a choice between belief and non-belief in a manner hitherto unknown
Secularization
2 (Secularization) Debates
- Whether modernity necessarily leads to secularization or;
- Globalization transforms religion in new ways
________ argues that theorizing religion and globalization has been subject to different lines of interpretation: globalization of religion versus globalization and religion (SAGE)
Lionel Obadia (2010)
Lionel Obadia (2010) argues that theorizing religion and globalization has been subject to different lines of interpretation: ___________ versus ______________ (SAGE)
- globalization of religion
- globalization and religion
Comes from the Latin word “religare” or bond between God and man
Religion
Is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems and world views that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and
moral values
Religion
the fundamental research questions pertains to the spread of religions and specific genres or forms of blueprints of religious expression across the globe
Globalization of Religion
a product of a long-term process of inter-civilizational or cross – cultural interactions
Globalization of Religion
- Spread of Religions and Blueprints of Religious Expression
- Religion as a Product of Long-Term Cross-Cultural Interaction
- Religious Globalization and Hybrid Forms of Religion
Global spread and transformation of religions
- The position and place of religion is problematized within the context of globalization
- This problematic concerns with the relations and the impact of globalization upon religion
Globalization and Religion
_________ as a threat to religion
globalization
________ as the greatest resistance to globalization
religion
- Erosion of Traditional Values
- Rise of Secularization
- Cultural Homogenization
- Loss of religious Authority
Globalization as a Threat to Religion
- Religious nationalism and identity politics
- Preservation of local cultures and traditions
- Opposition to secularization and consumerism
- religious movements mobilizing social action
religion as the greatest resistance to globalization
The relationship between religion and globalization is ________
Complex
____________ became an integral part of colonization and later on globalization
Religion
- BOOKS (PRINTING PRESS)
- MOVIES
- CELLPHONE APPS
- SOCIAL NETWOKS
- CHARITY FUNDS
- SPECIAL INTERNET SITES (WEBSITES)
- RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS
- EASE TO TRAVEL
Tools uniting people all over the world on religious basis
________ are deemed important means for dissemination of religious ideas
media
Effects of globalization of religion
- proselytization
- religious market
Proselytization means?
promotion of religion
Who coined the “religious market”?
Oliver Roy, 2013
- Transnational religion emerged through the post World War II.
- Emergence of Transnational Religions
Transnational Religion and Multiple Glocalization