Faith Without Borders – WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on the impact of globalization and the spread of theology. Curious to me was the impact on Islamic fundamentalists discussed toward the end of the article. Check this quote:
For example, under Shah Reza Pahlavi, Iranians became more westernized as oil riches fostered a middle class. The 1979 coup led by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was a fundamentalist, primitive backlash. It held (and still does) that the main engine of globalization, America, is Islam’s arch-enemy. Today, young Iranians increasingly reject the harsh diktats of the theocrats, which supports the idea that the mullahs are fighting a rear-guard action. This makes them no less dangerous. It in fact adds urgency to their war against the “Great Satan.”
The article is certainly not written from a conservative evangelical point of view. Nevertheless, there appear to be some things we might take away from the phenomenon of globalization and use them to advance the Gospel.
Your thoughts?
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