Global Religions

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This paper looks at how the process of globalization affects world religions. It asks whether religion is somehow exempted from this phenomenon affecting all aspects of the world and whether religion is so well protected or insulated that it is immune to the changes. The writer concludes that religion is not immune to change.

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"It was religion that first preached the idea of the oneness of humankind. More than 2600 years ago Zoroastrianism espoused the ideal of a single human family. And yet, as globalization drives humankind towards some sort of interdependent world the voice and vision of religion has all but faded into oblivion. The religious vision of the unity of humankind has very little in common with the motives and goals of globalization. For religion - and almost every major religion embody some notion of the oneness of the human family - the essence of universal unity is our common humanity derived in some instances from our faith in the one God. "

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