Neoliberal Religion
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Neoliberal Religion

Faith and Power in the Twenty-first Century

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Neoliberal Religion

Faith and Power in the Twenty-first Century

About this book

This book explores neoliberalism as an account of contemporary society and considers what this means for our understanding of religion. Neoliberalism is a perspective grounded in free market economics and distinguished by a celebration of competition and consumer choice. It has had a profound influence in societies across the world, and has extended its reach into all areas of human experience. And yet neoliberalism is not just about enterprise and opportunity. It also comes with authoritarian leadership, gross inequality and the manipulation of information. How should we make sense of these changes, and what do they mean for the status of religion in the 21st century? Has religion been transformed into a market commodity or consumer product? Does the embrace of business methods make religious movements more culturally relevant, or can they be used to reinforce inequalities of gender or ethnicity? How might neoliberal contexts demand we think differently about matters of religious identity and power? This book provides an accessible discussion about religion in the 21st century. Mathew Guest asks what distinguishes neoliberal religion and explores the sociological and ethical questions that arise from considering its wider significance.

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Information

Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781350116382
eBook ISBN
9781350116405
Edition
1
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Half Title
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: Religion in a neoliberal age
  10. Chapter 2: Religion and the market: Religious diversity in neoliberal contexts
  11. Chapter 3: Religion and populism
  12. Chapter 4: Religion in the post-truth era
  13. Chapter 5: Securitization: New forms of state engagement
  14. Chapter 6: Religion and the entrepreneurial self
  15. Chapter 7: Power and religious difference
  16. Chapter 8: The secular and the non-religious in neoliberal contexts
  17. Chapter 9: Retrieving ethics for the sociology of religion
  18. References
  19. Index