Globalization Theory

Religion is a major a part of the culture and identification of international locations. Their customs and traditions are going to vary during history due to the fact that, of the pressure, of modern day phrase Kwame Anthony Appiah in his essay titled “The Case for infection” talks about three interrelated problems, globalization, cultural diversity, and moral consideration. Inside all this, there are two roles religion plays. The roles that those in favor of globalization declare and the roles towards globalization declare. Faith is a double-edged sword with regards to the role it performs in the issues at hand. On one aspect of the coin, religion can be used positively in globalization to preserve tradition. It allows for persons to be uncovered to external media at the same time nonetheless retaining their culture’s worth. Faith can help cultures keep rooted with their traditions as the approach of globalization expands.

Since the dawn of time, religion has been the staple of humanity. It has been our explanation for the unexplainable, as well a way for us to form a community with those around us. Due to the natural diversity of humans, a varied set of separate religions has formed throughout the world. Religions continue to adapt and inspire each other, however, they all have their differences, as well as internal differences through the observations of each believer.

Religion is an important aspect of the lives of many people throughout the world. While there are many different religions throughout the world that all have different beliefs, people tend to only accept one religion as the ultimate truth and reject all others. This ideology sometimes can be so strong as to cause war between countries throughout the world as well as throughout history. There is also a popular opinion in western countries, including the United States, that western religions are better than eastern religions, where eastern religions are often viewed as archaic and undeveloped. This opinion, however, is incorrect and often stems from the major differences between the two different types of religion that people are often not aware of.

The modern society is a highly pluralistic society. Rapid transmission of information in the modern era and the ability of people to travel around the world on a larger scale has created awareness that the world and the modern society has a multitude of diverse and contrasting viewpoints on a variety of issues. This pluralism is evident in the realm of religion than in any other realm. Human awareness of the existence of the many religions in the world, today, is unprecedented. Christians are aware of the existence of many other smaller religions apart from the mainstream Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism.

In chapter 10, Short discusses how closely religion is tied to one’s identity and culture. Religion is often the reason a culture has developed the way that it has. He also looks at the way that globalization has affected religion. There are few different reasons as to why religions can be found more concentrated in some parts of the world. One of these reasons play a larger role than others.

Is the increasing globalization of business good or bad for the United States? If you are from a different country, what effect do you think globalization is having or will have on your country? Is globalization resulting in unequal gains for different countries?

Religion has been one of the strongest institutions in the world nearly since the beginning of time itself. There are and have been many types of different religions and/or belief systems throughout history. These different religions have been the source of many different conflicts over time such as wars. They have also been the source of unification and common ground. As religion has gotten bigger and bigger, it has lead to widespread changes in how it is disseminated amongst its constituents. This has naturally lead to the advent of religion becoming institutionalized and mainstream in a way.

In Miroslav Volf’s book Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World, he argues that global religions are needed to help guide a globalized world. He believes that world religions provide morals to help stop injustices that comes from the capitalistic society that ushers globalization to every corner of the earth. He also states that globalization is mutually beneficial to the global religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism because it “can help free world religions from troubling alliances with particular communal identity and politics and nudge them to rediscover their genuine universality.” For Volf, these religious practices “are not ‘by nature’ violent; being tightly associated with political power and functioning as markers of identity, the main reason why they become violent, is “unnatural” for world religions.” With respect to Volf, I agree that the teachings of these main global religions are one of peace, love, reconciliation, and justice; however, all religions are communal. Religions and spiritual practices are identity builders more so than geographical awareness.

Theories of globalization present a more difficult task for Beyer, as he must not only establish what globalization is, but religion’s place within it. He explores the problem in various ways through the rest of the first part of the book. Beyer rests his analysis upon the work of Luhmann primarily, but also that of Immanuel Wallerstein, John Meyer, and Roland Robertson. Using Luhmann, Beyer resolves the theoretical debate of whether globalization is a homogenization of all particularities under a common social rubric or a simpler transformation of

Fundamentalism and Religion For a vast majority, the term “fundamentalism” evokes images of hostage crises, embassies under siege, hijackings, and suicide bombers. But these images hardly present a comprehensive picture. People in the west associate fundamentalism with Islam, this is indeed a mistaken belief. Fundamentalism is defined as " the affirmation of religious authority as holistic and absolute, admitting of neither criticism nor reduction; it is expressed through the collective demand that specific creedal and ethical dictates derived from scripture be publicly recognized and legally enforced ." (Lawrence)

Globalization is taking place across the world where people can either become globalization or stay local in the state or country. People are very controversial about globalization helping local economies and local businesses. Some people believe globalization is helping local businesses into the markets and then there are some that believe that multinational corporations hurting the local small businesses. What is globalization? “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets” (). Globalization has started long before we were born.

In the second part of the book titled The Shifting Balance of Civilizations, the author expands upon the idea that due to modernization cultures become increasing similar. The author begins with an explanation on the decline of Western power and influence in the world. He also explains that religion has an increased role in politics throughout the world. According to the author, major religions around the world "experienced new surges in commitment, relevance and practice by erstwhile casual believers." The author stated, People "need new sources of identity, new forms of stable community, and new sets of moral precepts to provide them with a sense of meaning and purpose." This ideas reinforced the authors beliefs and views that religion can and will meet the needs of people, and religion was the byproduct of increased communications among different societies and cultures. One of the most interesting chapters of this part is chapter five where the author discusses how

During the last decade of the twentieth century, the word ‘globalization’ has become an increasingly prominent feature of political, social, and economic discussion in academic and policymaking circles, as well as in the media. The processes and outcomes of globalization drew attention and debates that had one thing in common. The research shows that nearly everyone agrees that globalization is a trend that is changing the face of the world, and as a result the world society lives in a more ‘globalized’ world. Nearly two and a half decades passed since 1990s, and studies have been conducted to examine the causes and consequences of globalization. Moreover, nearly every person experiences some type of globalization and can testify firsthand the effects it has on their life, society, and the state. The analysis of the effects that globalization dynamics have on the world society indicates that globalization has a significant positive impact via spreading opportunities and wealth across nations, stimulating innovation and productivity, enhancing the economic development of poorer countries, and helping to improve living standards.

Economic globalization has become the most important feature and a general trend of present world economic development. Globalization is a phenomenon and also a process of development of mankind and human society (Hamilton, 2008). It is the essential feature of the modern age. Globalization is the cross-border flows of capital and goods, including capital, labour, technology and natural resources (Bożyk, Misala & Puławski, 2002). Economic globalization is a historical process, and the germination of it could date back to the 16th century. After the industrial revolution, capitalist commodity economy, modern industry and transportation have been developing rapidly. The world market was fast expanded and the foreign trade was

Globalization brings together different cultures. In the article Globalization A Very Short Introduction the author Manfred B.Steger states “conversely, the term globalization should be used to refer to a set of social processes that are thought to transform our present social condition into one of globality”. Steger also states that globalization was supposed to expand nationality, but it was used more as a political power to reduce restrictions on trade and this is where the logic of development behind NAFTA came about. Globalization is a shifting of different contact, this is exemplified in the country of Guatemala.