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Religion in the Neoliberal Age : Political Economy and Modes of Governance.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (261 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317067481
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion in the Neoliberal AgeDDC classification:
  • 201/.72
LOC classification:
  • BL98 .R455 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Religion in Market Society -- Part I Religions in the New Political Economy -- 1 Entrepreneurial Spirituality and Ecumenical Alterglobalism: Two Religious Responses to Global Neoliberalism -- 2 Making Religion Irrelevant: The 'Resurgent Religion' Narrative and the Critique of Neoliberalism -- 3 The Decline of the Parishes and the Rise of City Churches: The German Evangelical Church in the Age of Neoliberalism -- 4 Catholic Church Civil Society Activism and the Neoliberal Governmental Project of Migrant Integration in Ireland -- 5 Faith, Welfare and the Formation of the Modern American Right -- Part II Political Governance of Religion -- 6 Neoliberalism and the Privatization of Welfare and Religious Organizations in the United States of America -- 7 Multilevel and Pluricentric Network Governance of Religion -- 8 Regulating Religion in a Neoliberal Context: The Transformation of Estonia -- 9 Neoliberalism and Counterterrorism Laws: Impact on Australian Muslim Community Organizations -- 10 From Implicitly Christian to Neoliberal: The Moral Foundations of Canadian Law Exposed by the Case of Prostitution -- 11 Religious Freedom and Neoliberalism: From Harm to Cost-benefit -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book, together with the complementary volume Religion in Consumer Society, focuses on religion, neoliberalism and consumer society; offering an overview of an emerging field of research in the study of contemporary religion. 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.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Religion in Market Society -- Part I Religions in the New Political Economy -- 1 Entrepreneurial Spirituality and Ecumenical Alterglobalism: Two Religious Responses to Global Neoliberalism -- 2 Making Religion Irrelevant: The 'Resurgent Religion' Narrative and the Critique of Neoliberalism -- 3 The Decline of the Parishes and the Rise of City Churches: The German Evangelical Church in the Age of Neoliberalism -- 4 Catholic Church Civil Society Activism and the Neoliberal Governmental Project of Migrant Integration in Ireland -- 5 Faith, Welfare and the Formation of the Modern American Right -- Part II Political Governance of Religion -- 6 Neoliberalism and the Privatization of Welfare and Religious Organizations in the United States of America -- 7 Multilevel and Pluricentric Network Governance of Religion -- 8 Regulating Religion in a Neoliberal Context: The Transformation of Estonia -- 9 Neoliberalism and Counterterrorism Laws: Impact on Australian Muslim Community Organizations -- 10 From Implicitly Christian to Neoliberal: The Moral Foundations of Canadian Law Exposed by the Case of Prostitution -- 11 Religious Freedom and Neoliberalism: From Harm to Cost-benefit -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book, together with the complementary volume Religion in Consumer Society, focuses on religion, neoliberalism and consumer society; offering an overview of an emerging field of research in the study of contemporary religion. 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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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