Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization (2nd Edition): Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval

What is globalization anyway? What are

spiritually-minded people- on all sides of the

issue-doing and saying about it?

The economic and cultural dynamic of

globalization is transforming the world at an unprecedented

pace. But what exactly is it? What are its origins? What is its

impact on our spiritual lives?

This lucid introduction surveys the

religious landscape, explaining in clear and nonjudgmental

language the beliefs that motivate spiritual leaders,

activists, theologians, academics, and others involved on all

sides of the issue. Included are the points-of-view of:

Bah’s

Buddhists
Earth-based and tribal religions
Hindus

Jews
Muslims
Protestants
Roman

Catholics

Unlike other books on this controversial

issue, this easy-to-read introduction won’t tell you what

to think; it gives you the information you need to reach your

own conclusions.

As important as economics may be, it

is not, as the great religions stress, the full measure of

humanity. There is also connection to self, to others, to the

ingrained values that have sustained cultures for generations

and millennia, and to the belief in transcendence that gives it

all meaning. In the end, what unnerves people most about

globalization-including many in the West who may fairly

be said to be on the winning side (economically, that is) of

the process so far-is the threat it poses to that which

is most precious to a life of satisfaction: our sense of

meaning.
-from the Conclusion