RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

Question 1

How has religion responded to globalisation

Answer 1

-rise in fundamentalists

Question 2

discuss fundamentalism is a reaction to modernity

Answer 2

-they occur when those who have traditional values feeling threatened by modern identities
-modern values as being a direct challenge or insult to their religious values EG-LGBT and same sex couples
-lash out and engage in active protests
EVAL:
fundamentalism doesnt always take place in modern society eg Taliban

Question 3

Fundamentalism is a reaction of cosmopolitanism of post modernists

Answer 3

cosmopolitansim:forward thinking people, willing to modify opinions as society advances
-respect peoples rights and believe people have a degree of free will and choice
-reflexive:evaluating world around them
responses:
1)project identity:ways in which they embrace the way of living
2)resistance identity:feel threatened by wider society and fight back against it
EVAL:
-some fundalmetlists groups fro agree with some aspects of cosmopolitism

Question 4

fundamentalism is more common in monotheistic religions which dominate globally

Answer 4

monotheistic:only one god eg- religion and islam
-more likely to get fundamentalist groups within these two religions
-due to them being less tolerant,based around ultimate authority of an all powerful male god
EVAL:
Fundamentlists exists inn other religious groups