Coping with Globalisation for Sustainable Peace and Development: The Role of Religious Education

Abstract

Changes in the world brought about by globalization give joy and pain to humanity. This paper focuses on howto cope with the misery that is the consequence of globalization. The paper pictures peace as a necessary condition for the development of every nation in the world. It considers the fiat in education, entertainment industry, medical science, banking sector, politics, etc, as the benefits of globalization. Natural disasters, poverty, migration, violent confrontations, etc, are some of the negative effects of globalization.The paper discusses the use of military measures, commissions of inquiry, dialogue,etc,as some of the strategies to checkmate the crises of globalization. Also,it sees religious education as another possible solution to the crises of globalization.Finally, use of national theaters for sensitization, inclusion of conference proceedings in national discussions,religious campaign and investing on irrigation and forestry are the recommendations the paper advances as coping strategies of the negative effects of globalization.