Religion in the Market Era: The Rise of Market Islam, the Revenge of Confucius, and Other Stories From a Global Age (1) (Routledge Studies in Religion)

By: François Gauthier

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Synopsis: This book aims to expand the limits of the social-scientific study of religion and define a coherent model of recent global transformations of religion, challenging the paradigm of secularisation and post-secularisation. Using a wide-ranging selection of case studies, including global Islam, post-Soviet Eastern Europe, and China, 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 352 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040230350
Related ISBNs:: 9781040230305, 9780367682217, 9781003143611
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/30/25
Copyrighted By:: François Gauthier
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.