Adam Possamai

Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores sociological concepts such as secularisation and the multiple modernisation thesis, re-enchantment, and the McDonaldisation of society; while addressing contemporary phenomenon within, for example, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, New Age, and Witchcraft groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781845533038
• ISBN-10: 1845533038
• Artikelnr.: 24837917

Autorenporträt

Adam Possamai is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney. He is the author of Religion and Popular Culture: A Hyper-Real Testament and In Search of New Age Spiritualities.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION: Xers AND Yers AS COHORTS OF THE POST 1970'S GENERATIONChapter
1: RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND THE POLITICS OF DEFINITIONChapter 2: RELIGION
AND POPULAR CULTUREChapter 3: RELIGION AND MODERNITY: MARX, DURKHEIM AND
WEBERChapter 4: RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY & THE POST-SECULARISATION
APPROACHChapter 5: RELIGION & POSTMODERNITY (PART A): CONSUMER
RELIGIONSChapter 6: RELIGION & POSTMODERNITY (PART B): HYPER-REALITY AND
THE INTERNETChapter 7: ESOTERICISM, ITS MCDONALDISATION AND ITS
RE-ENCHANTMENT PROCESSChapter 8: MONOTHEISTIC FUNDAMENTALISM(S) AS AN
OUTCOME OF CONSUMER CULTUREChapter 9: BUDDHISM, ITS WESTERNISATION AND THE
EASTERNISATION OF THE WESTChapter 10: CHRISTIANITY: CHURCHES AND SECTS IN A
POSTCHRISTIAN WORLDChapter 11: THE MULTIPLE-MODERNITIES OF ISLAM?Chapter
12: NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS AND THE DEATH OF THE NEW AGEChapter 13:
WITCHCRAFT, THE INTERNET AND CONSUMERISMConclusion: WHAT DO SOCIOLOGISTS OF
RELIGION IN ACADEMIA DO APART FROM TEACHING AND MARKING? THEIR WORK AS
INTELLECTUALS