Chapter 24 Part 2

This part of chapter 24 talks all about religion. It talks about a lot of different opinions different people had of religion, the role religion played in different countries, etc. During this period of time, the idea of religion wasn't as popular as it had been previously. "Advanced" thinkers believed that religion was coming to an end and the idea of science and evolution was taking over the idea original idea of religion. Aside from the Christian religion from declining in popularity, Buddhism was becoming more widely accepted in the West. Fundamentalism was a reaction against modernization and globalization. Fundamentalists used a lot of modern communication technology. There was also another form of fundamentalism in the Hindu religion called Hindutva which meant Hindu nationalism. There was also Muslim fundamentalism was probably the most prominent form of fundamentalism. A lot of disappointments were caused in the Muslim religion like new states that used Western policies that were majorly unsuccessful. Islam wasn't the only religion that responded to global modernity. Christians for example were worried about how economic globalization could cause ethical issues. There was also the factor that the global environment transformed because of the use of fossil fuels, the quadrupling of the world's population, and drastic economic growth. So many changes were taking place that had caused the people of the world to take their focus off of religion and turn their focus onto the modernization of the world they live in.