lesson 17

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a unified system of beliefs and practice related to faith, the sacred, higher moral values

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Religion -

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diminishing role of religion in the society

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Secularization -

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intermingling of universal and local religious beliefs

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Glocalization of religion -

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have been diversely defined, both academically, by theorists in the field of social sciences, and subjectively by people who engage in it.

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Religions

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a psychologist specializing in the study of religion and psychological well-being, defined religion as “a process, a search for significance in ways related to the sacred” (

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Kenneth Pargament,

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to have positive social interaction with people

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affiliation motivation (

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Others affiliate with a religion as a form of coping with stressful situations-what Pargament (1997) would refer to as

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religious coping.

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suggesting that the demise of religion will happen alongside the rise of modernization

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secularization hypothesis-

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traditions. We heard from old religions the Jewish’s experience of exile or

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diaspora

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when they were sent out from the Land of Israel, and scattered toward different parts of the world

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diaspora-

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This phenomenon when a small group of shared Identity maintains their cultural practices as long as it aligns with the larger society’s norms is referred to as

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cultural pluralism

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allowing others to abide by their own religious practices and beliefs, such as consenting the establishment of places of worships.

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religious tolerance-

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religious fundamentalism manifests in two ways:

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nonviolent intolerance and violent intolerance

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extreme identification with a particular religion

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nonviolent intolerance (“

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direct use of physical violence in pursuing subjectively-defined religious missions

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violent intolerance (“

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Another phenomenon that matters in analyzing religion trends in the age of globalization is referred to as

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glocalization of religion

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the flow of religious traditions in areas where these traditions are unfamiliar or unpopular, paving way for the emergence of transnational religions

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deterritorialization-

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“religion ‘going global

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transnational religions

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, Roudometof (2013, 2014) suggested four forms of glocalization:

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(1) vernacularization, (2) indigenization, (3) nationalization, and (4) transnationalization.

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Linking “religious universalism with vernacular language” sacred practices remain to be tied to particular sacred language

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Vernacularization

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Linking “religious universalism with local particularism”

religious practices are blended with indigenous practices

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Indigenization

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Linking “universal religion and local, national particularism”
emergence of local religions tied with universal religions

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Nationalization

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absorption of a universal religion into ones one’s own culture; naturalization of religion

allegiance to global religious community

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Transnationalization