Chapter 56, E-Reserves, NPR

 Chapter 56 introduces us to how religions see globalization. They don't necessarily see it as a horrible thing, but they also aren't the biggest fans of globalization. Religious groups tend to compare the economic side of globalization to the effects it's having on people where globalization is taking place. To be specific, Pope John Paul the second believes that globalization is so focused on making money, but is doing it at the cost of those people in globalized countries with increased inequality, and weakened central government. This chapter also argues that globalization is having these problems because globalization is too market driven, it harms poor countries, and ignores human dignity. organization like the World Council of Churches (WCC) see globalization as harmful because it concentrates wealth and power to the company that is globalizing that new country, and boosting poverty. Although religious groups are not a fan of the way globalization is being ran now, they think globalization should be focused on values that connect people together like justice, and compassion. 

The E-reserves reading shared the idea that globalization isn't a thing anymore, but instead is turning into a "culture war" where every countries values, political beliefs, and identity, are being pitted against each other to see which is better. This article explains that the main idea of globalization when it started was to share and expand cultural norms like, free markets, democracy, and free markets. Now globalization has turned into something that divided countries more than uniting them together because of how different each countries values and views are to each other. Global conflicts are more about each countries religion, government systems , culture, and ideas rather than being about the global economy. The author basically says that to understand globalization you have to know about the economy, but that is second to understanding other countries cultures, and ideological views. If the people participating in globalization understand each countries  values,  views, ideas, and culture, that would put a stop to majority of the global conflicts around the world right now. 

The NPR music article focused on explaining how music helped spread culture around the world and how it is a part of globalization. Around the 2010's this is when artist started doing world tours and spread their music through the world and started attracting fans from all over the world. Also with the addition of social media and streaming platforms it became easier to find artist and music from other parts of the world, thus, encouraging more movement around the world. Musicians like BTS and Bad bunny have gained fans worldwide, connecting all of the different cultures and people through their love for music.