The Marketization of Religion

ISBN-13: 9780367474386 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 132 str.

François Gauthier; Tuomas Martikainen

Opis

The Marketization of Religion provides a novel theoretical understanding of the relationship between religion and economy of today’s world. The chapters provide both theoretical and empirical discussion of the changing dynamics of economy and religion in today’s world.

Spis treści

Introduction: the marketization of religion
1. Christmas fairs in Danish churches abroad: a resource mobilisation perspective
2. From nation-state to market: The transformations of religion in the global era, as illustrated by Islam
3. Religious change in market and consumer society: the current state of the field and new ways forward
4. Governing religious identities: law and legibility in neoliberalism
5. Religion and the marketplace: constructing the ‘new’ Muslim consumer
6. The marketization of church closure