Religion is also a two edged sword. Under globalisation the centrality and preciousness of human life has been shaken. Profit and wealth have replaced people. The African writer, Ama Ata Aidoo said, 'Time was when all people had was people'. Now it seems that what people care about is the profit that will enable them to have 'all that money can buy'.
Religion has to help people to find and reclaim their dignity and sense of worthiness.
Society has to be called back to the principle of being the other's keeper and of building a caring community. Religion should call people's attention to the God who constantly reminds us, 'I made you better than you are living'. Faith communities have to live out the image of the Transcendent they claim to reach out to. To whom much is given, much is expected'. Those who have benefited from globalisation must be made to realise the need to create safety nets for those who have become the victims, while at the same time seeking alternatives to the negative fall-out of globalisation.