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Limits to globalisation and the loss of faith

Goodchild, Philip

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PHILIP GOODCHILD PHILIP.GOODCHILD@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Religion and Philosophy



Abstract

The contemporary rise of populism may be explained as a product of the process of globalisation against which it reacts. For globalisation rests upon a faith in the future, and limits to globalisation necessitate a change in faith. It is proposed that the nature of this faith in the future can be illuminated by the dynamics of a credit crisis, such as the Great Financial Crisis of 2007–8. According tonew economic theory, economic growth is driven by the rate of credit creation, and economic downturns result from a failure in mutual confidence. There are both mathematical and external limits to economic growth. The first result of approaching such limits is an attempt to retain one!s share of resources with the rise of populism. A subsequent result may well be a return to religion in currently secular countries.

Citation

Goodchild, P. (2019). Limits to globalisation and the loss of faith. Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, 4(2), 84-100. https://doi.org/10.14220/jrat.2018.4.2.8

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 1, 2018
Online Publication Date Jan 21, 2019
Publication Date Jan 21, 2019
Deposit Date Jan 22, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society – J-RaT
Print ISSN 2364-2807
Electronic ISSN 2364-2807
Publisher Brill Academic Publishers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 2
Pages 84-100
DOI https://doi.org/10.14220/jrat.2018.4.2.8
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1488513
Publisher URL https://www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/pdf/10.14220/jrat.2018.4.2.84

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