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    This document discusses the globalization of religion. It argues that contrary to theories of secularization, religion has not declined but has become globalized. Religions see globalization as an opportunity to expand their reach worldwide. Both religion and globalization benefit and take advantage of one another. While religion was once seen as opposed to modernization, globalization has shown that religion can adapt and be a powerful basis for community identity in the modern world.

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    Unit II: A World of Ideas:

    Cultures of Globalization
    Lesson 6:
    The Globalization of Religion
    The Globalization of Religion
    Religion/Religious person Globalization/ Globalist
    Concerned with the sacred Material wealth
    Follows divine commandment Abides by human-made laws
    Assumes that there is a How much human action can
    possibility of communication lead to the highest material
    between human and the satisfaction
    transcendent
    Less concerned with wealth and Less worried about whether
    all that comes along with it they will end up in heaven or
    hell.
    Realities
     The contemporary world s not secularized, but is furiously
    religious.
     Religion are the foundations off modern republics.
     Malaysia places religion at the center of political system
     “Islam is the religion of the Federation.” Rulers of the
    state is also the head of Islam.
     Ayatollah Khomeini
     “all secular ideologies were the same”
     Turned Iran from being a country into theocracy.
    Religion for and Against Globalization

     Religion see globalization less as an obstacle and more as


    an opportunity to expand their reach all over the world.
     Religion is no “regressive force” that stops / slows down
    globalization; it is a proactive force that gives
    communities a new and powerful basis of identity.
     Both religion and globalization find ways to benefit and
    take advantage.
    Conclusion
     Globalization has something to do with modernization, while
    religion is an anathema of it.
     Secularization theory is outdated.
     Religion seems is somehow outside looking at globalization
    as problem or potential
     Religion cannot be empirically proven is therefore anathema
    to modernization
     Calvinism- believe that God already decided who would and
    not would save.
     Religions leaders have used religion to wield influence in the
    political arena

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