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1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) |
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Ashgate AHRC/ESRC religion and society series |
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Ashgate AHRC/ESRC religion and society series.
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| Contents |
Cover; 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 |
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5 Faith, Welfare and the Formation of the Modern American RightPART 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 |
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11 Religious Freedom and Neoliberalism: From Harm to Cost-benefitBibliography; 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion -- History -- 21st century
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Religion and politics.
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Neoliberalism.
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Religion and state.
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Religion and sociology.
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sociology of religion.
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RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State.
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Neoliberalism
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Religion
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Religion and politics
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Religion and sociology
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Religion and state
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Godsdiensten.
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Neoliberalisme.
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Politieke aspecten.
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Sociale aspecten.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martikainen, Tuomas.
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Gauthier, François.
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| ISBN |
9781409449799 |
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1409449793 |
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