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International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 7 (23): 47-77, Serial Number 3, Summer 2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

The Role of States and Religious Organizations in

Web-Based Teachings (In order to Promote Religious Education)

Dr. Haroon Aziz*

* Prof in Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Durban, South Africa

ARTICLE INFO Abstract

Article History: SUBJECT AND OBJECTIVES: The paper identifies
Received 06 April 2020 the major spiritual problem created by imperialism and
Revised 24 June 2020 the opportunities it has unintentionally created for
Accepted 10 August 2020
religious education through its own aerial platform, viz
Key Words: big-data cyberspace. Imperialism in its greed for
Religious Education materialistic power rapidly expanded globalization to
States and Religious the extent that the global migration of skills, expertise,
Organizations cultures, languages, and religions defy their control by
Web-Based Teachings imperialism. In its western centres, imperialism has
neglected the mental and spiritual health of its
DOI:
10.22034/IMJPL.2020.2119 populations and has replaced spirituality with hedonism,
egotism, and consumer culture, which it exports even to
DOR: its periphery as cultural imperialism. In pursuit of rabid
20.1001.1.26767610.2020.7.23.12.2 capital accumulation it has placed hardware devices in
civilian hands to sell software applications as social

media, which has become the social power of people,
beyond its control.
METHOD AND FINDING: This newfound social

power of the people presents opportunities for the
promotion of religious education to people who are
starving for spiritual fulfilment in the midst of the

oversupply of worldly goods. The technological
devices, with possibilities of real-time and simultaneous
communications across international boundaries,
compel the development of new methodologies, new
quality assurances, and new contents, which are unique
and original. As knowledge is the social property of all
of humanity and not the private property of individuals,