Globalisation and Religion | Beliefs in Society | A-Level Sociology

welcome to this CH to you sociology topic video looking at beliefs in society focusing on globalization and religion as we've seen from previous videos in this series there has been a long-term Trend in secularization in Western Europe but this is not the case in the rest of the world and when we look at

the impacts of globalization on society it can and has been argued by sociologists that this has led to a renewal of faith in some parts of the world not only has globalization provided a greater diversity of religious and spiritual practices through the process of migration and improved technology and Communications but it has also seen the

rise of fundamentalism in some areas of the world including the USA Africa and the Middle East this is often thought to be a reaction to globalization and one reason for this cultural defense we will look at in a separate video in this video we're going to focus on the impact of globalization on

religious practice and we'll start with the work of Peter Bayer who argued there were three distinct reactions to globalization with relation to religious practices firstly he argued that globalization had brought about increased particularism as a reaction to globalization as sociey has become more interconnected the imposition of cultural homogeneity that is global culture often based upon Western values

has led to a growth of fundamentalism as religion is often seen as the opposite of cultural homogeneity religion is seen as a symbol of how people are culturally different from one another rather than the same the second impact of globalization on religion according to Baya is universalism while small fundamentalist groups might emphasize their difference