Religion Flashcards
(21 cards)
Concerned with the sacred
Religion
Follows heavenly precepts
Religion
Are less concerned whether they will spend eternity in heaven or hell
GLOBALISM
includes membership which ties individuals directly to the divine and supernatural
Superior attachment
Is preoccupied with material gain
GLOBALISM
Follows human-made laws
GLOBALISM
Primarily concerned with economics
GLOBALISM
are foundations of modern republics
Religions
“there is no fundamental distinction among constituional, despotic, dictatorial, democratic, and communistic regimes”
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
“historically, religion has alays been at the very center of all great political conflicts and movemnts of social reform”
Jose Casanova
A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things
Religion (Emile Durkheim)
The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion
Ulrich Beck
Regard globalization as an opportunity to expand their presence over the globe rather than as a threat
Christianity and Islam
“The world today, with some exceptions,
is as furiously religious as it ever was.”
(Peter Berger)
In 1998, the ________ brought in religious leaders in its discussions about global poverty, leading eventually to a “cautious, muted, and qualified” collaboration in 2000.
World Bank
Likewise condemned globalization’s “throw-away culture” that is fatally destined to suffocate hope and increase risks and threats”
Pope Francis
that civilizations can be held together by religious worldviews
Samuel Huntington
a branch of Protestantism, believed that God had already decided who would and would not be saved
Calvinism
“Hell is a real place prepared by Allah for those who do not believe in Him, rebel against His laws, and reject His messengers”
the warnings of perdition
But our citizenship is in Heaven
the promises of salvation
the visits to Bethlehem or Mecca
their mandatory pilgrimages
