Response: Global Fundamentalism

Along with this huge phenomena of Globalization, comes wonderful Fundamentalism. According to Frank J. Lechner author of the essay, "Global Fundamentalism," "Fundamentalism is fashionable - as a social problem for social analysis more than as a form of religious faith and activism." Is that true? Is our world more concerned on how society perceives a specific religion rather than the religion itself? For example, Lecher states that " For Islamic militants [fundamentalism] includes an obligation to spread the Islamic revolution and defeat the dominant Western satan. Rather than spreading their religious beliefs they are trying to incorporate through their religion their beliefs on society, something that has evolved global fundamentalism. Easily put, Lechner believes "fundamentalism, is inevitable contaminated by the culture it opposes." This statement is entirely true, we already have preconceived notions of others cultures many times due to their religious beliefs. But is that a sufficient reason for Globalization to cease? No, that is why there is a future for the theory of fundamentalism! Of course it must be an altered form, but ideally it would "reorder society and reassert the validity of a tradition and use it in new ways." Rather than having religion and cultures get involved in Globalization we must (cliche, yes, i know) come together and go beyond the societies we come from.