Glocalization refers to the notion that even though metacultural concepts are sweeping across much of the globe, local communities still process and absorb those larger trends, bringing their local values into the spectrum of the global trends. For example, the charismatic movement is a global trend in Christianity, but Chinese, Latin American, African, Indonesian, and Russian evangelicals all process that trend according to local and national tendencies. This is true with other global trends, such as the rise of social networks, hip-hop, cell groups, house church structures, and contemporary praise and worship. Julisa Rowe (in Krabill section 148) speaks of the mandate for members of faith communities to begin building artistic works together, collectively. Cultures of faith are simultaneously being affected more by globalization and being fragmented and isolated from the whole in the current leaning toward glocalization. Discuss 1 of the questions below for this module/week: Since global trends suggest that cultures with a high power distance and lower sense of individualism should receive the message of evangelicalism more readily, how might this tendency affect Rowe’s approaches in Malaysia versus Israel (power distance), or China versus the United States (collectivism/individualism)? How might the interconnections of First World culture youth affect the outcomes of Rowe and Shag’s approaches to building contextually sound artistic expressions of faith? How might the emphases of Chuck Fromm’s Worship 2.0 Well (Module/Week 6 reading) impact the formation of local faith communities in their worship practice?
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