for education only. globalization topic.

1. THE GLOBALIZATION OF
Religion

2. Religion is perhaps the most difficult subject to study from
an objective point of view. Some people are deeply
committed to their own religious beliefs and are not
interested in examining alternative view that they believe
are “weird” threatening, or utterly ridiculous. Others do
not believe in supernatural beings and are skeptical of
sociology’s concern with matters that appear to be beyond
the realms of science.

3. Defining religion
System of socially shared
symbols,beliefs, and rituals that is
directed toward a sacred,supernatural
realm and addresses the ultimate
meaning of existence.

4. VARIETIES OF
RELIGION

5. 1. ANIMATISM
Animatism is a system of beliefs
in which supernatural forces
rather than beings (gods and
spirits) are the dominant power in
the universe.

6. 2. ANIMISM
Animism is the belief that spirit
beings inhabit the same world as
humans, but on another plane of
existence.

7. Religious Classification What/who is Divine Example
Polytheism Multiple gods Hinduism, Ancient
Greeks and Romans
Monotheism Single god Judaism, Islam,
Christianity
Antheism No deities Atheism, Buddhism and
Taoism
Animism Nonhuman beings Indigenous Nature Worship,Shintoism
(Animals, plants, natural world)

8. SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS OF
RELIGION
The idea of religious visionaries can capture the public imagination and
inspire change, even social revolution.But in the long run, the relative
influence of any religion depends on religious communities that are
organized to promote religious ideals and objectives. Sociologist classify
religious organizations into four ideal types-ecclesia, denomination, sect,
and cult.

9. Ecclesia
The ecclesia is a large formally
organized religious body that
includes most members of
society and is supported by and
closely allied with secular and
state powers.

10. Denomination or Church
The denomination is one of a
number of established,socially
accepted religious organizations
that maintain tolerant relations with
other denominations in the context
of religious pluralism.

11. Sect
A sect is a small, less formally
organized group that usually has
separated from a denomination
and is a negative tension with
larger societies.

12. NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
A new religious movement (cult) is a loosely organized and
transient religious organization that includes religious beliefs
and practices that are considered novel and at odds with a
society’s religious tradition.

13. CHURCH OF
SCIENTOLOGY
SOME CULTS
CHURCH OF FLYING
SPAGHETTI MONSTER

14. SOUTH KOREA’S
UNIFICATION CHURCH
CHURCH OF SATAN

15. KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST
(Philippines)

16. RELIGION AND SOCIETY
1.Religion can promote social solidarity through common symbols, belief, norms, and
collective rituals.
2. It may provide also provide individuals and groups with emotional comfort and
support, morale and motivation, and a sense of individual and group identity.
3.All societies through religion require collectively and rituals for their cohesion and
survival.
RELIGION AND FUNCTIONALISM

17. THE CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE OF RELIGION:
KARL Marx
• Karl Marx and other 19th century German
social theorist believed that the world would
be a better place without religion. To their
thinking,religion was the weapon by which
wealthy and powerful groups maintained
their privileged position and oppressed
those beneath them in the social hierarchy.

18. “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature,
the sentiment of a heartless world, and the soul
of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the
people.”

19. RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE: MAX WEBER
Max weber’s comprehensive study of religions
worldwide revealed that while some were fact
highly conservative, others- in particular,
Protestants and Puritanism in Western Europe
and America- inspired major social and
economic movements.

20. SECULARIZATION AND RELIGIOUS
Movements
Rodney Stark (1990, p. 201) argued that during the past century, only one
social science thesis had near universal acceptance: the secularization
thesis, which maintains that the global spread of modernization and of
more rational and pragmatic approaches to life inevitably leads to the
decline of small-scale societies that are based on traditional and religious
worldviews.

21. TRIVIA TIME
Did you know that Desmond Doss (who was
once awarded with the congressional Medal of
Honor for rescuing at least 75 men on the
Hacksaw Ridge in the Battle of Okinawa and
was known to be a conscientious objector) is a
Seventh-day Adventist. He refused to bear
arms and did not allow himself to go out on
Saturday.

22. THANK
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