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Module 4: Globalization and Religion Flashcards

1
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became an integral part of colonization and later on globalization.

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Religion

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has been a major feature in some historical conflicts and the most recent wave of
modern terrorism.

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Religion

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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION: (FES)

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FLATTENS cultural differences.
ERODES local customs and beliefs.
SPREADS secular, capitalist way of life.

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THE ADVANTAGES OF GLOBALIZATION FOR HUMAN SECURITY: (EII)

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INCREASED TRANSPARENCY and security thanks to
United Nations, WTO, World Bank, WHO.

EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS and
environmental movements.

ISSUES OF POVERTY AND WAR are brought to public
attention.

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It is a cultural system of designated behaviors and
practices, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies,
ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural,
transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Religion

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The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a
personal God or gods.

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Religion

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Connected with God (or gods) or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration.

Religious rather than
secular.

Inspiring awe or reverence
among believers.

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Sacred

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Relating or devoted to that which is not sacred
or biblical; secular rather than religious.

The part of reality that can be perceived and
known.

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Profane

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FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION

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  • It provides SOCIAL COHESION to help maintain social
    solidarity through shared rituals and beliefs.
    -SOCIAL CONTROL to enforce religious-based morals
    and norms to help maintain conformity and control
    in society.
  • It offers MEANING AND PURPOSE to answer any
    existential questions.
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TYPES OF RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS

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Religious Person
Agnostic
Pagan
Atheist

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a person who manifests devotion to a deity.

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Religious Person

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a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the
existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist).

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Agnostic

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a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a
Christian or Muslim or Jew).

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Pagan

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a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.

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Atheist

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COMPONENTS OF RELIGION

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Belief
Creed
Religious Doctrines
Myths
Rituals
Set of Norms
Group off Believers
Religious Practitioners

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It is an opinion or conviction; the state of mind in which a person thinks
something to be the case, with or without there being empirical evidence to
prove that something is the case with factual certainty.

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Belief

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A statement of the shared beliefs of a religious community in the form of a
fixed formula summarizing core tenets.

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Creed

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A codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught
principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given belief system.

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Religious Doctrines

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A traditional or legendary story consisting of events that are ostensibly
historical, though often supernatural, explaining the origins of a cultural practice
or natural phenomenon.

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Myths

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A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed
according to a prescribed order or in a customary way.

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Rituals

21
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Formal rule or standard laid down by religious authority against which
appropriateness (what is right or wrong) of an individual’s behavior is judged

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Set of Norms

22
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Those who accept the set of norms, creeds,
doctrines, ceremonies or rituals of a particular religion

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Group off Believers

23
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Religious propagators who are tasked to perform
specialized functions to spread their religion such as
priests, prophets, shamans, diviners and the spirit
mediums/witch doctors.

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Religious Practitioners

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TYPES OF RELIGION: (eat)

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Animism
Ethical Religion
Theistic Religion

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TYPES OF RELIGION ORGANIZATIONS

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Church
Ecclesia
Denomination
Sect
Cult

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The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and
natural phenomena; the belief in a supernatural power that
organizes and animates the material universe.

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Animism

27
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Believes that the human’s personal and social life is guided
by ethical standards and ethical principles, not by the gods or
deities

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Ethical Religion

28
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Belief in the existence of a god or gods especially belief in a
personal God as a creator or ruler of the world.

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Theistic Religion

29
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Belief in the existence of only one god that created the world,
is all-powerful and interferes in the world.

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MONOTHEISM

30
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It is the worship of or belief in multiple deities, which are
usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along
with their own religions and rituals.

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POLYTHEISM

31
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A large, bureaucratically organized religious organization
that is closely integrated into the larger society

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Church

32
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a large, bureaucratic religious organization that is a
formal part of the state and has most or all of state’s citizens as
its members

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Ecclesia

33
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a subgroup within a religion that operates under a
common name, tradition, and identity; not a formal part of
the state.

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Denomination

34
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A group of people with somewhat different religious
beliefs (typically regarded as heretical-holding an opinion at
odds with what is generally accepted) from those of a
larger group to which they belong; a group that has
separated from an established church; a nonconformist
church.

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Sect

35
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A system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object; a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted
religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous.

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Cult

36
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when we recognize the faith of another as his
cherished possession, truly belonging to him, as an act of his spirit
which is essentially free

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Religious Tolerance

37
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when, instead of
forcing our faith upon another, we allow him to be enlightened so that
his desire to participate in our faith becomes voluntary desire.

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Religious Tolerance

38
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when instead of underscoring our differences of
opinion, we joined hands instead both in prayer and action so that the
common good of mankind is served

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Religious Tolerance

39
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It refers to efforts by Christians of different Church
traditions/Christian denominations to develop
closer relationships and better understandings.

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THE ECUMENICAL
MOVEMENT

40
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Religion Nowadays:

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it’s no longer a set of beliefs that people arrive by
reflection.

it’s a symbolic system which carries our identity and
marks out social/ ethic and other boundaries.

it marks crucial moments in life cycle with rituals.

it provides powerful mechanisms for psychological
and social tension.

Religion is one of the ways of selfidentification, which are called in general
“identity-signifiers”. Therefore, religion issues
should not be studied separately from
globalization.

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THE RESULTS OF GLOBALIZATION

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SECULARIZATION
RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM
RELIGIOUS EVANGELIZATION
RELIGIOUSFUNDAMENTALISM

42
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It is the transformation of a
society from close
identification and affiliation
with religious values and
institutions toward
nonreligious values and
secular institutions.

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SECULARIZATION

43
Q

It principally apply the
teachings of particular
religions to politics,
sometimes by merely
proclaiming the value of
those teachings, at other
times by having those
teachings influence laws.

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RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM

44
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it is to share religious beliefs,
especially Christian ones, with
other people. The ultimate goal for
those who evangelize tends to be
converting non-Christians to
Christianity

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RELIGIOUS EVANGELIZATION

45
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It is the approach of those religious
groups that look for the literal
interpretation of original religious
texts or books believing that
teachings obtained from this kind
of reading must be used in all
social, economic, and political
aspects; it usually has a religious
connotation that indicates
unwavering attachment to a set of
irreducible beliefs.

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RELIGIOUSFUNDAMENTALISM

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FEATURES OF SECULARIZATION

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Society becomes increasingly modern, religion
becomes less and less important.

A decline in religious practices within modern
societies.

Religious institutions become separated from
secular institutions and spheres of influence.

Religion has retreated into the private sphere.

47
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the situation of religion in the world of today is twofold:

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(TWO TRENDS: secularization and conservative offense)

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