Beschreibung:
This book argues that the last four decades have seen profound and important changes in the nature and social location of religion, and that those changes are best understood when cast against the associated rise of consumerism and neoliberalism.
Foreword; 1 Introduction; Part 1 Analytical Framework; 2 The Rise and Fall of the Nation-State Regime; 3 The Market and the Problem of Social Order: From Adam Smith to Keynes;4 Neoliberalism and the Rise of the Market Regime; 5 From Consumption to Consumerism; 6 RCT, RIP! Rethinking Marketisation; 7 From Mediatisation to Hyper-Mediatisation; 8 The Marketisation of Religion; Part 2 First Analyses; 9 Indonesia: From Ratio to Market Islam; 10 From Pope to Coach. : Marketed Institutions, Re-Invented Traditions; 11 Conclusion. Thinking a Changing World; Bibliography