Religion in the Market Era : the rise of market Islam, the revenge of Confucius, and other stories from a global age / François Gauthier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gauthier, François, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Economic aspects.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 343 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis, 2025.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

The Rise of Market Islam I

The Rise of Market Islam II

Religion in Orthodox-Majority Eastern Europe

Chinese Revolutions I

Chinese Revolutions II

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-023035-0

OCLC:

1452596638