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globalization and conversion  

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  • The defining characteristic of contemporary globalization is the accelerated circulation of people and ideas across the globe, aided by technology and typified by mass migration from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere. There is no lack of literature on globalization and transnational religion. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Globalization and Conversion]

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