Religion in the Neoliberal Age : Political Economy and Modes of Governance.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series .
- AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series .
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.