Contemporary Cultural Change
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"...Will the present-day religious revival persist, or are they a last gasp of traditional belief systems? Clearly Islam is awakened. What are the consequences of this? Can Islam live in peace with a modern world? That strikes me as a key question. Will toleration for differences increase or revert back to condemnation and oppression? Will Marxism be revived? Is that possible after seeing its slow death here in the latter part of the 20th century, is it possible that it could be resuscitated? Will a new source of authority emerge to condemn consumerism?..."
Key Terms
- Culture
- Urban
- Cosmopolitan
- Nationalism
- Marxism
- Liberal Humanitarianism
- Syncretism
- Secular/Clerical
- Religious Fundamentalism
- ISIS
Guided Viewing Questions
- What changes have come with a more urbanized and cosmopolitan world?
- What modern ideologies have interacted with traditional belief systems in our contemporary culture?
- What is syncretism and what are some examples of syncretism?
- What is religious fundamentalism and what are some examples of it?