Exam 15: Religion and Globalization

Globalization in the past century has involved several processes that impact religion.Which of the following are NOT among those processes discussed in your textbook?

Immanuel Wallersteins's "world system theory"

One concern about globalization is the impact on covenantal and contractual relations.The issue is that it appears that

Which of the following is NOT true of religion in the international political scene?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a fundamentalist religious tradition?

Transnational religious connections are formed by people who migrate often continue to have ties to the home community, communicating with, remitting money, visiting, and even retiring to the home country.They often have an effect on religious communities in both the old country and the new one.They are called

World systems theorists refer to poor nonindustrialized societies which have narrow, export-oriented economies based largely in providing raw materials to the industrialized countries as

Although virtually all religions give lip-service to a desire for world peace, and although world peace requires greater tolerance and understanding between peoples, religious institutions may be rewarded for creating hostility between groups.This is because

Some global theologies emphasize the idea that the world is a single place and that all humans are children of the same God.According to your text, these global theologies, and acceptance of other religious traditions as having truth

According to Robertson, globalization involves several interdependent processes.Which of the following is NOT among these?

Your textbook says that the Roman Catholic Church has been facing a dilemma of choosing between defending the self-interests of the poor or sacralizing the interests of the affluent industrialized countries.This has become a special dilemma for the church because

Which of the following is NOT a glocalization strategy?

What is the difference between transnational and autocephalus churches?

A religious group in a local community sees positive features in globalization and economic development, but they also see some positive aspects of their longstanding religious and cultural traditions which they do not want to have swallowed up.They seek a middle ground approach that would involve a synthesis of elements of the two.As a glocalization strategy this is called

The process by which the entire world is becoming "a single sociocultural place" is called

Immanuel Wallerstein's "world system theory" is based on

Glocalization refers to

Which of the following is LEAST likely to enhance the power of clergy in a conflict between religious leaders and a national government, as occurred in Poland?

The formation of fundamentalist movements in many religious traditions around the world is interpreted by globalization sociologists as being rooted in several factors.Which of the following is NOT among those factors?

The fact that the standardizing and homogenizing processes of globalization do not totally eliminate local cultures-exemplified by the Majaraja Mac and McAloo Tikki in India-is the idea behind which concept?