Religion, Culture and Globalization: Grounds for Dialogue or Division

Volume 1|Issue 4| Spring 2013 |Articles

Abstract

Examining two schools of thought surrounding the concepts of religion, culture, and globalization, Ghammari investigates the differing standpoints between those who idealize these concepts and those who remain cautious of them. In the author’s opinion, these three concepts represent fundamental precepts to an international discussion that seeks to understand the current intellectual discourses taking place in modern times. The study takes a critical, rationalist approach to this investigation in the hope of providing an objective assessment of the opportunities for dialogue between cultures and civilizations in an era dominated by economic and ideological considerations – a dominance that has transformed religion, globalization, and culture into the mere promotion of private and personal interests.
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Professor of Sociology and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Mascara, Algeria. He heads the research team on religious practices in Algerian society at the university’s Sociology and History Research Lab (LRSH). He is interested in issues of religion and religiosity, religious identity, Sufism, political Islam, and political violence. 

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