GEC 13 Contemporary World Lecture 4 PDF

GEC 13 CONTEMPORARY WORLD Mark Joshua F. Bañega, L. Agri Bicol University Guinobatan LESSON 4 A world of ideas ❑ Topic 1: Global Culture and Media ❑ Topic 2: The Globalization of Religion  At the end of the lesson, the students...

GEC 13 CONTEMPORARY WORLD Mark Joshua F. Bañega, L. Agri Bicol University Guinobatan LESSON 4 A world of ideas ❑ Topic 1: Global Culture and Media ❑ Topic 2: The Globalization of Religion  At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: ✓ Analyze how various media drive various form of global integration; Learning ✓ Explain the dynamic between local and global cultural production.; objectives: ✓ Explain how globalization affects religious practices and beliefs ✓ Analyze the relationship between religion and global conflict and conversely, global peace. topic 1 Global culture and media ✓ Analyze how various media drive various form of global integration; ✓ Explain the dynamic between local and global cultural production.  Culture refers to the unified style of human knowledge, beliefs, and culture behavior from which people learn, and the ability to communicate knowledge to the next generations.  It is a carrier of culture. It is a tool media for the interaction of people with different cultures. Oral communication ❑ Language allowed humans to cooperate. ❑ It allowed the sharing of information. ❑ Oral communication led to markets, trade and cross- continental trade. ❑ It also allowed the spread of religious teachings. script ❑ Distance became a strain for oral communication. ❑ Script allowed humans to communicate over a larger space and much longer times. ❑ It allowed the written and permanent codification of international economic, cultural, religious and political practice. Printing press ❑ There was a continuous production, reproduction and circulation of reading materials. ❑ Written document was mass produced that anyone can access the information that they want to know. ❑ Reading history books of the world allowed the exchange of culture and traditions. Electronic media ❑ Characterized by its use of electricity. ❑ Electronic media includes the telegraph, telephone, radio, film, and television. ❑ The wide reach of these media continues to open up new perspectives in the economic, political, and cultural processes of globalization. Digital media ❑ Relies on digital codes. It can be created, modified, and stored in any digital electronic device. Digitalized content is transmitted over the internet and computer networks. ❑ In politics, election campaign has a wider reach. ❑ In economics, it allows promotions of products and online shopping. Cultural differentialism ✓ Cultural difference as immutable. ✓ As the West and non-Western civilizations interact or are brought in contact through globalization, clash of civilizations such as that of the West and Islam logically follows. Cultural convergence ✓ Suggest that globalization engenders a growing sameness of cultures. However, the culture of powerful and progressive countries becomes culture. Ex. K-pop culture. Some teenage Filipinos prefer to dress up like their South Korean idols. A lot of them also joined fan clubs in support of Koreanovelas, Korean boybands, among others. glocalization ✓ Coined from globalization and localization, new concept brought about by the increased frequency of contact among cultures. ✓ This reinforces the fact that local cultures are not weak, static, or fixed; they are built and understood a new each day in globalized world (Lule, 2014). ✓ Local cultures continue to accommodate and assimilate cultures of the world due to globalization. topic 2 The Globalization of religion ✓ Explain how globalization affects religious practices and beliefs; ✓ Analyze the relationship between religion and global conflict and conversely, global peace.  Plays a vital role in the lives of Filipinos religion for their values are anchored on it. It has affected their attitudes, characters and perspectives in life.  Refer to the worldwide interconnectedness of all areas of contemporary social life. GLOBALIZATion ❑ One of these areas is religion which entails a personal or organized system of religious beliefs and practices. GLOBALIZATION AFFECTS RELIGION IN MANY WAYS: 1. The rise of religious nationalism 2. The return of religion into the public life 3. The proliferation of international terrorism 4. The increasing personalized individual religiosity 1. THE RISE OF RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM Nationalism was closely associated with a particular religious belief. Ex. Some of the basis of passing laws in the Philippines are based on Christianity. 2. The return of religion into the public life ✓ Religion goes beyond administration of sacraments among Catholics. Ex. Catholic Liberation Theology ✓ Religion becomes the sole basis of the believers’ life. Ex. Islam Fundamentalism ✓ Religion goes beyond the administration of sacraments for Catholics and focuses more on the social concerns of the poor and the oppressed inside and outside the church. 3. THE proliferation of international terrorism ✓ Extremists believe that to fulfill God’s will it is their duty to achieve this through violence. Ex. In 2017, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a known extremist group, triggered the locals of Mindanao to launch the Marawi Siege for five months. 4. The increasing personalized individual religiosity ✓ Individual need to rely on his or her beliefs and relationship with the supreme being. GLOBAL MIGRATION ALSO INFLUENCES RELIGION: 1. Deterritorialization of Religion 2. Easternization of the West 3. Global Trends DETERRITORIALIZATION OF RELIGION ✓ Religious traditions in places where these previously had been largely unknown or considered a minority (Roudometof, 2014) ✓ A cultural feature that blurs the lines between culture and place and thus transcends territorial boundaries. Easternization of the West ✓ The West, which is the starting point for the spread of world religious, is now the recipient of a new system of beliefs from the East. ✓ There is also a rise in the number of believers of Asian, religions like Zoroastrianism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Global trends ✓ Respond to newfound situations. ✓ The use of social media as a tool for evangelization. The interaction of Religion and culture resulted in a global-local- religion. It is a global religion with a local mix.  1 vernacularization ❑ refers to the blending of universal religions with local languages 2 indigenization Four (4) distinct ❑ transforms a universal religion to suit the specifics of a particular ethnic group glocalization 3 nationalization ❑ constructs a link between the nation and church 4 transnationalization ❑ focusing groups on identifying specific religious traditions of real or imagined national homelands. Religion: peace and conflict Globalization of Religion: conflict Persons responsible for global conflicts used religious doctrines, dogmas and even sacred books’ verses to morally justify their actions. Juergensmeyer (2014) Conflicts are about: o identity and economics o privilege and power Globalization of Religion: conflict ✓ Extremists – radical measures are necessary in achieving the will of God. ✓ Fundamentalists – men ought to return to very passages of its sacred books ✓ Nationalists- tie their traditions with their nation or homeland. Globalization of Religion: peace The teachings of great religions on moral principles and values are NECESSARY tools for the: ○ Doing away with greed ○ Hatred ○ Misconceptions That are the root cause of conflict. Globalization of Religion: peace Religious peacemakers do their task concerning about: Humanitarian Assistance and Faith-centered Interventions Globalization of Religion: peace 1. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE GOAL: to help achieve peace by advancing poverty reduction and putting attention to economic equality ❑ e.g. WORLD VISION, for example Christian humanitarian organization helping children, families and communities overcome poverty and injustice. Globalization of Religion: peace 2. FAITH-CENTERED INTERVENTIONS GOAL: The efforts of religious organization to mediate understanding and peace ❑ e.g. Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic religion had an important role in the US-Cuba deal that ended the long conflict between the two nation-states  Thanks Do you have any questions? [email protected] +92 702 3059 1 Bicol University Guinobatan CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including icons by Flaticon, and infographics & images by Freepik. Please keep this slide for attribution.