Religion and Globalization: New Possibilities, Furthering Challenges

E-International Relations, Forthcoming

10 Pages Posted: 28 Jul 2014 Last revised: 6 Aug 2015

Date Written: July 16, 2014

Abstract

The relationship between globalization and religion is one with new possibilities and furthering challenges. On the one hand, while religion takes advantage of communication and transportation technology, it is at the same time the source of globalization’s greatest resistance by acting as a haven for those standing in opposition to its power. On the other hand, because globalization allows for daily contact, religion enters a circle of conflict in which religions become “more self-conscious of themselves as being world religions.” This essay argues that the relationship between religion and globalization is complex, one with new possibilities and furthering challenges. However, this essay cannot provide a comprehensive overview of religion and globalization, as the terrain is too vast. Still, it does provide several examples to illustrate the complex relationship between the two.

Keywords: Religion, Globalization

Suggested Citation

Golebiewski, Daniel, Religion and Globalization: New Possibilities, Furthering Challenges (July 16, 2014). E-International Relations, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2467083 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2467083

Daniel Golebiewski (Contact Author)

CUNY - The Graduate Center ( email )

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New York,, NY 10016
United States

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