A01=Francois Gauthier
alternative
Alternative Religiosity
Author_Francois Gauthier
Black Rock City
burning
Burning Man
Category=JHB
Category=QRAM2
Civil Society
Coaching Enterprise
commodification of faith
consumer culture impact on religion
Contemporary Society
culture
English Town
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
globalisation and spirituality
Hans Georg Ziebertz
heelas
Kabbalah Center
linda
Lucky Strikes
martikainen
mediatization theory
middle class religiosity
neoliberalism studies
paul
Pop Star
Purpose Driven
Purpose Driven Church
Sheikh Nazim
Social Integration Characteristic
sociology of religion
spiritualities
Sunday Service
SvD
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist Organisation
Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy
Tibetan Buddhist Teachings
Triratna Buddhist Community
tuomas
Tuomas Martikainen
Wade Clark Roof
woodhead
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781409449867
- Weight: 657g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 24 Jul 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Presenting an overview of an emerging field in the study of contemporary religion, this book, together with a complementary volume Religion in the Neoliberal Age, explores issues of religion, neoliberalism and consumer society. Claiming that we have entered a new phase that implies more than the recasting of state-religion relations, the authors examine how religious changes are historically anchored in modernity but affected by the commoditization, mediatization, neoliberalization and globalization of society and social life. Religion in Consumer Society explores religion as both shaped by consumer culture and as shaping consumer culture. Following an introduction which critically analyses studies on consumer culture and integrates scholarship in the sociology of religion, this book explores the following topics: how consumerism and electronic media have shaped globalized culture, and how this is affecting religion; the dynamics and characteristics of often overlooked middle-class religion, and how these relate to globalization and differences between 'developed' and 'emerging' countries; emerging trends, and how we understand phenomena as different as mega churches and holistic spiritualistic journeys, and how the pressures of consumer culture act on religious traditions, indigenous and exogenous; the politics of religious phenomena in the Age of Neoliberalism; and the hybrid areas emerging from these reconfigurations of religion and the market. Outlining changes in both the political-institutional and cultural spheres, the contributors offer an international overview of developments in different countries and state of the art representation of religion in the new global political economy.
François Gauthier is Professor of Religious Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, and a specialist of religious formations in 'ultra modernity'. He has previous experience researching and writing on the rapports between religion, politics and economics in modern and contemporary society as well as on religion theory. He has experience editing volumes on these topics in both English and French, in reputed journals as well as in book form. His research interests are in the dynamics of religion with respect to the consumer ethos, electronic media and neoliberal policy. He edits the 'Religion, ethics and symbolism' section of the on-line Revue du MAUSS permanente (www.journaldumauss.net) and is part of the editing committee of the influential French social science journal Revue du MAUSS semestrielle. He has published widely in journals and books in both English and French, and is currently writing a book entitled Le mythe de l'autonomie. Religion, politique et économique en modernité (Paris: Desclée de Brouwer). Tuomas Martikainen is a Docent and University Researcher of Comparative Religion in the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is also member of executive general management team of the Post-Secular Culture and a Changing Religious Landscape in Finland Centre of Excellence in Ã…bo Akademi University, and a specialist of contemporary religious and ethnic diversity in Finland. He has previous experience researching and writing on religion and society and editing volumes on religion and immigration, including the textbooks and article compilations. Martikainen's research interest is in neoliberalism and new forms of minority governance in western societies, and he is currently editing Muslims at the Margins: Reflections on Post-1990 Immigration to Finland. He has also edited six books in the Finnish language and has published widely in English.
