Religija i globalizacija
Religion And Globalization

Summary/Abstract: The central aim of this work is to show how religion has been and still is a significant aspect of globalization. Contestation around globalization and religion is symptomatic of their relation. After discussing the actual meaning of the categories of globalization and religion, author states that the sociological discussion about the re- lation of religion and globalization has for the most part focused on institutional re- ligion, although certain perspectives argue that highly individualistic and non-institu- tional forms under headings like spirituality are becoming increasingly dominant. Three sorts of institutional manifestations which received the most attention with re- spect to the global spread of contemporary religion are being discussed: importance of religion in the context of transnational migration, a great variety of religious organi- zations and movements, and the role that religions have played in social and political movements. The study of religion(s) in the context of globalization has so far been relatively neglected topic, and this might be due to the fact that religions usually ground themselves in tradition as opposed to contemporary developments, to the close relation between religion and local and regional culture, and to the lingering effect of secularization perspectives which have led many social scientists to expect religion to be irrelevant in the modern world.

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