Religion in the Market Era

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-367-68221-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Religion

This book aims to expand the limits of the social-scientific study of religion and define a coherent model of recent global transformations in religion, challenging the paradigm of secularisation and post-secularisation. Using a wide-ranging selection of case studies, including global Islam, post-Soviet Eastern Europe, China, India, and Africa, the author argues that since the 1980s, religion has been dramatically shaped around the world by neoliberalism and consumerism. Providing a global, macro-level history of how religion has changed in the past four decades, this book contends that the rise of economics as a dominant social sphere is central to understanding the ongoing changes in contemporary world religions.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gauthier, Francois

Gauthier, François

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction

2 The Rise of Market Islam I: Islamism, From State Focus to Lifestyle

3 The Rise of Market Islam II: Halalising Islam, From Fashions and Foods to

Finance

4 From Stalin to the Market: Religion in Orthodox-majority Eastern Europe

5 Chinese Revolutions 1 (1898-1978): The Making of Religion

6 Chinese Revolutions 2 (1978-2022): Booming Economy, Booming Religion

7 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

François Gauthier is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Social Science at the University of Friborg, Switzerland.