Module 4: Globalization and Religion

Question 1

became an integral part of colonization and later on globalization.

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Religion

Question 2

has been a major feature in some historical conflicts and the most recent wave of
modern terrorism.

Answer 2

Religion

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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION: (FES)

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FLATTENS cultural differences.
ERODES local customs and beliefs.
SPREADS secular, capitalist way of life.

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THE ADVANTAGES OF GLOBALIZATION FOR HUMAN SECURITY: (EII)

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INCREASED TRANSPARENCY and security thanks to
United Nations, WTO, World Bank, WHO.

EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS and
environmental movements.

ISSUES OF POVERTY AND WAR are brought to public
attention.

Question 5

It is a cultural system of designated behaviors and
practices, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies,
ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural,
transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Religion

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The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a
personal God or gods.

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Religion

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Connected with God (or gods) or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration.

Religious rather than
secular.

Inspiring awe or reverence
among believers.

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Sacred

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Relating or devoted to that which is not sacred
or biblical; secular rather than religious.

The part of reality that can be perceived and
known.

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Profane

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FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION

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• It provides SOCIAL COHESION to help maintain social
  solidarity through shared rituals and beliefs.
  -SOCIAL CONTROL to enforce religious-based morals
  and norms to help maintain conformity and control
  in society.
• It offers MEANING AND PURPOSE to answer any
  existential questions.

Question 10

TYPES OF RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS

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Religious Person
Agnostic
Pagan
Atheist

Question 11

a person who manifests devotion to a deity.

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Religious Person

Question 12

a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the
existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist).

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Agnostic

Question 13

a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a
Christian or Muslim or Jew).

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Pagan

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a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.

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Atheist

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COMPONENTS OF RELIGION

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Belief
Creed
Religious Doctrines
Myths
Rituals
Set of Norms
Group off Believers
Religious Practitioners

Question 16

It is an opinion or conviction; the state of mind in which a person thinks
something to be the case, with or without there being empirical evidence to
prove that something is the case with factual certainty.

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Belief

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A statement of the shared beliefs of a religious community in the form of a
fixed formula summarizing core tenets.

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Creed

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A codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught
principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given belief system.

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Religious Doctrines

Question 19

A traditional or legendary story consisting of events that are ostensibly
historical, though often supernatural, explaining the origins of a cultural practice
or natural phenomenon.

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Myths

Question 20

A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed
according to a prescribed order or in a customary way.

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Rituals

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Formal rule or standard laid down by religious authority against which
appropriateness (what is right or wrong) of an individual’s behavior is judged

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Set of Norms

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Those who accept the set of norms, creeds,
doctrines, ceremonies or rituals of a particular religion

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Group off Believers

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Religious propagators who are tasked to perform
specialized functions to spread their religion such as
priests, prophets, shamans, diviners and the spirit
mediums/witch doctors.

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Religious Practitioners

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TYPES OF RELIGION: (eat)

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Animism
Ethical Religion
Theistic Religion

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TYPES OF RELIGION ORGANIZATIONS

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Church Ecclesia Denomination Sect Cult

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The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena; the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.

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Animism

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Believes that the human’s personal and social life is guided by ethical standards and ethical principles, not by the gods or deities

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Ethical Religion

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Belief in the existence of a god or gods especially belief in a personal God as a creator or ruler of the world.

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Theistic Religion

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Belief in the existence of only one god that created the world, is all-powerful and interferes in the world.

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MONOTHEISM

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It is the worship of or belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals.

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POLYTHEISM

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A large, bureaucratically organized religious organization that is closely integrated into the larger society

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Church

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a large, bureaucratic religious organization that is a formal part of the state and has most or all of state’s citizens as its members

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Ecclesia

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a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity; not a formal part of the state.

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Denomination

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A group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical-holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted) from those of a larger group to which they belong; a group that has separated from an established church; a nonconformist church.

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Sect

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A system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object; a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous.

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Cult

Question 36

when we recognize the faith of another as his cherished possession, truly belonging to him, as an act of his spirit which is essentially free

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Religious Tolerance

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when, instead of forcing our faith upon another, we allow him to be enlightened so that his desire to participate in our faith becomes voluntary desire.

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Religious Tolerance

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when instead of underscoring our differences of opinion, we joined hands instead both in prayer and action so that the common good of mankind is served

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Religious Tolerance

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It refers to efforts by Christians of different Church traditions/Christian denominations to develop closer relationships and better understandings.

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THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT

Question 40

Religion Nowadays:

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it’s no longer a set of beliefs that people arrive by reflection. it’s a symbolic system which carries our identity and marks out social/ ethic and other boundaries. it marks crucial moments in life cycle with rituals. it provides powerful mechanisms for psychological and social tension. Religion is one of the ways of selfidentification, which are called in general “identity-signifiers”. Therefore, religion issues should not be studied separately from globalization.

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THE RESULTS OF GLOBALIZATION

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SECULARIZATION RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM RELIGIOUS EVANGELIZATION RELIGIOUSFUNDAMENTALISM

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It is the transformation of a society from close identification and affiliation with religious values and institutions toward nonreligious values and secular institutions.

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SECULARIZATION

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It principally apply the teachings of particular religions to politics, sometimes by merely proclaiming the value of those teachings, at other times by having those teachings influence laws.

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RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM

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it is to share religious beliefs, especially Christian ones, with other people. The ultimate goal for those who evangelize tends to be converting non-Christians to Christianity

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RELIGIOUS EVANGELIZATION

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It is the approach of those religious groups that look for the literal interpretation of original religious texts or books believing that teachings obtained from this kind of reading must be used in all social, economic, and political aspects; it usually has a religious connotation that indicates unwavering attachment to a set of irreducible beliefs.

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RELIGIOUSFUNDAMENTALISM

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FEATURES OF SECULARIZATION

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Society becomes increasingly modern, religion becomes less and less important. A decline in religious practices within modern societies. Religious institutions become separated from secular institutions and spheres of influence. Religion has retreated into the private sphere.

Question 47

the situation of religion in the world of today is twofold:

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(TWO TRENDS: secularization and conservative offense)