GLOBALIZATION OF

religion
 RELIGION
• is a fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a
group of people.
• These set of beliefs concern the cause, nature, and purpose of the
universe, and involve devotional and ritual observances. They also often
contain a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
 • Globalization as a means of
transporting cultural items has also
paved the way for the mobilization
of religious practices.
 RELIGION PRACTICES

center peripheries
RELIGION PRACTICES
Globalization and Religion in Historical Perspective: A
Paradoxical Relationship
By: Luke M. Herrington

• Religion has long been a driving force in the process of

globalization.
• the concept of religion has existed far longer than the
globalization
• Religious Actors is Agents of Globalization
• Globalization engendering greater religious
Religion and Globalization:
tolerance New POSSIBILITIES,
• Globalization creating backlash of religious FURTHERING CHALLENGES
parochialism By Daniel golebiewski

• Religious identity and globalization:

furthering challenges
ANCESTRAL BELIEFS BIBLICAL
AND TRADITIONS TRADITIONS

SPLIT-LEVEL
CHRISTIANITY
 SPLIT-LEVEL CHRISTIANITY
by Fr.Jaime Bulatao,S.J. (1966)
https://www.thefilipinomind.com/2008/03/split-level-christianity-by-frjaime.html

"Many Filipinos are what I call

Sunday-religious, that is they go
to church every Sunday, take in
confession and communion, but
the rest of the week they bribe
and do corrupt deeds..."
- Dr. Pura Santillan-Castrence
SPLIT LEVEL CHRISTIANITY- may be described as the coexistence within the same person of two or
more thought-and-behavior systems which are inconsistent with each other.

Double set of
two set of learned It reflects the culture
automatism of the
reflexes side by side and large
Filipinos
• Through social media and other platforms,
globalization has also enabled local religious
groups to expand their reach to other
countries.
 The Clash of Christianity and Islam
By: Charles Colson
https://www1.cbn.com/churchandministry/the-clash-of-christianity-and-islam

“Christian expansion...in what

should have been dependable
Muslim territory” is one factor
helping to drive the growth of
a “new and highly militant
form of Islam.”
The Clash of Samuel Huntington called a “clash
of civilizations,” but is in reality, a
Christianity religious divide running around the
girth of the world and into Europe.
and Islam Which is all the more reason for us
to lovingly and peacefully present
the Gospel to those Muslims who
are showing increasing interest in
In early March, more than Christianity. If Jenkins is right, this is
500 Christians in Jos, the best antidote to the continuing,
Nigeria, were killed by tragic violence.
what the New York
Times called “rampaging
Muslim herdsmen.”
It’s also part of a larger conflict between “a surging
Christianity” and what Penn State professor Phillip
Jenkins calls “an unyielding Islam.”
• Clashes seems inevitable between the increasing conservative strains of Islam and
the relative more liberal Christianity
 Muslims “are born to rule”

• This line of confrontation, about 10 degrees north of the equator, marks the
boundaries between traditionally Muslim areas and increasingly Christian
ones.
• It’s the “increasingly” part that really matters.
• According to Jenkins, “one factor driving Islamic militancy in many nations is
the sense that Christianity is growing.” It used to be that these were animist
areas to the south. The people were considered inferior by the Muslims. And
if they did convert, it would be to Islam.
 References:

https://www.thefilipinomind.com/2012/01/split-level-
christianity-by-frjaime.html
https://www.allaboutreligion.org/meaning-of-religion-
faq.htm
https://www1.cbn.com/churchandministry/the-clash-of-
christianity-and-islam
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2013/01/75121/rel
igion-and-globalisation-benefits-and-challenges/