The widespread usage of globalization in the public suggests it has become more than a theoretical idea. Numerous scholars have debated its definition, history, social characteristics, culture, and consequences for the world. What is often missing from many analyses is a thorough understanding of religion in global society. For some, religion is simply a survival of a traditional social world that will eventually disappear due to secularization. This is evidenced by religious violence, intolerance, protest, and the general refusal of religions to accept a new global order. There is evidence to suggest that religions are anti-global. Some cases also illustrate that religions are globalizers. Through migration and missionary work religions expand throughout the world. Religion can be transformative. Globalization requires a new optic to think about religion and its role in global society. Pentecostalism is not the only window into the world of social change. However, it is a particula
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