Module 9 - Religion PDF

 Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1. Explain how globalization affects religious practices and beliefs 2. Identify the various religious responses to globalization 3. Discuss the future of religion in a globalized world  Religion Secularization Theocracy a...

 Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1. Explain how globalization affects religious practices and beliefs 2. Identify the various religious responses to globalization 3. Discuss the future of religion in a globalized world  Religion Secularization Theocracy a unified system diminishing role a system of of beliefs and of religion in the government where practice related society. religious leaders to faith, the rule in the name of sacred, higher Secularism God or their God. moral values. a society where the powers of the state and church are separate.  Religious Fundamentalism The belief that there is one set of religious teachings that clearly contains the fundamental, basic, intrinsic, essential, inerrant truth about humanity and deity; that this essential truth is fundamentally opposed by the forces of evil which must be vigorously fought; that this truth must be followed today according to the fundamental, unchangeable practices of the past; and that those who believe and follow these fundamental teachings have a special relationship with the deity. -Altemeyer and Hunsberger Religions are the foundations of modern republics. Religion is "pro-active force" that gives communities a new and powerful basis of identity. Religion is not the “regressive force” that stops or slows down globalization. Christianity and Islam - two of the so-called “old world religions”, see globalization less as an obstacle and more of an opportunity to expand their reach all over the world. Some Muslims think globalization as a “trojan horse” The Catholic Church and its dynamic leader, Pope Francis, says globalization is “fatally destined to suffocate hope and increase risks and threats” Major Religious Traditions: Christianity Judaism Islam Hinduism Buddhism  GLOBALISM RELIGION It is concerned with material gain. It is concerned with the sacred. It follows human-made laws. It follows heavenly precepts. It looks into how much human action may It assumes that there is a possibility of lead to the highest level of material communication between humans and the satisfaction as well as knowledge that transcendent. this new position provides.  GLOBALISM RELIGION -Globalists are less concerned about whether they will spend eternity in Religious people are ascetics. heaven or hell. The globalist ideal is primarily Religious evangelism is a sort of concerned with economics. globalization in and of itself. Globalists are concerned with the global The religious people are concerned with the expansion of products and services. global dissemination of sacred ideals.  Peter Berger He was an influential, and contrarian, Protestant theologian and sociologist who, in the face of the “God is dead” movement of the 1960s, argued that faith can indeed flourish in modern society if people learn to recognize the transcendent and supernatural in ordinary experiences. He gained attention during the charged debate over whether the concept of a deity was relevant in an increasingly secularized, technological world.  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini He became a religious scholar and in the early 1920s rose to become an 'ayatollah', a term for a leading Shia scholar. Khomeini was an Iranian religious and political leader, who in 1979 made Iran the world's first Islamic republic. He 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 communist regimes." all secular ideologies were the same- they were all flawed - and Islamic rule was the superior form of government because it was spiritual. Yet, Iran calls itself a republic, a term that is associated with the secular.  Alexis de Tocqueville French historian. “ not only do the American practice their religion out of self-interest but they often even place in this world the interest which they have in practicing it.”  José Casanova A scholar in the sociology of religion. “Historically, religion has always been at the very center of all great political conflicts and movements of social reform. From independence to abolition, from nativism to women’s suffrage, from prohibition to the civil rights movement, religion had always been at the center of these conflicts, but also on both sides of the political barricades.”