religion in a global context

Question 1

global development

Answer 1

the rate at which a country advances economically + politically

Question 2

India

Answer 2

• incredibly economically developed
• development of science & globalisation have not led to religious decline
• india’s exports are science related

Nanda - nationalism is closely linked to their religion = to be Hindu is to be Indian

Question 3

globalisation in India

Answer 3

nanda:
- India is fastest growing economy but despite modernisation hinduism is growing.

-hinduism plays role in legitimising the rise of a new hindu ultra nationalism & the economic prosperity of the Indian m/c

Question 4

reasons 4 Indian religiosity

Answer 4

• religion is fashionable within m/c
• increasing interest in low status gods
• modern hinduism legitimates + encourages wealth
• hindu’s have a ‘this worldly orientation’

Question 5

India as an example of theorists explanations

Answer 5

• thru worship of hindu gods, Indians are worshipping India itself - totemism
• cow vigilantes & discrimination against muslim x christian minorities - fundamentalism
• india is a civil religion

Question 6

fundamentalism

Answer 6

• Giddens : late modernists
• traditionalists seek to return to the basics / fundamentals of faith in the holy text