GEWORLD+ Flashcards
She popularized the term “global city”
Saskia Sassen
This country places religion at the center of the political system.
The Malaysian Government
His secular ideologies are all flawed.
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
It do not hesitate to appropriate
secular themes and practices
Religious movement
a moderate Muslim association in Indonesia has Islamic schools (pesantren) – students are taught not only about Islam but also about modern science, social sciences, modern banking, civic education, rights of women, pluralism, and democracy
Nadhlatul Ulama
Who broke to the Roman Catholic Church to bolster his power.
Roman Catholicism
A French historian and diplomat. He wrote “Not only do the Americans practice their religion out of self-interest but they often even place in this world the interest which they have in practicing it.”
Alexis de Tocqueville
Confirms that statement by nothing that “historically, religion has always been at the very
center of all political conflicts and movements of social reform: from independence to abolition, from nativism
to women’s suffrage, from prohibition to civil rights movement…”
Jose Casanova
Religion may dislike globalization but it is using its resources to promote its cause.
- Technology
- Modern management and Marketing tools
- The full range of modern means of communication.
Religion provides answer to these problems:
- It provides a sense of identity.
- Traditional religious leadership provides a sense of accountability.
- Religion offers a sense of security
across the globe has been a major feature of the world throughout the 20th century – religion therefore is going global.
Migration of faiths
Globalization relies on it as its main conduit for the spread of global cultures and ideas.
Media
Entails the spread of various cultures and ideas;
Globalization
are means of conveying something, such as a channel of communication in different forms:
Media
In the 1990’s, her criteria for what constitutes a global city is primarily economic.
Saskia Sassen
